What we'll ask ministers on OBS Leadership Dialogue

Interviews with ministers and senior officials are easy to secure badly and hard to do well. The risk is a polished summary of a strategy document. The goal is to understand the decisions and trade-offs behind it.

Our four lines of questioning

1. Priorities — what are you choosing not to do, in order to do this?
2. Evidence — how will you and the public know whether it is working?
3. Investors — what do foreign and domestic investors still worry about, and what are you doing about it?
4. Delivery — which institution is accountable, and what happens when a project slips?

Research before access

Every Leadership Dialogue is supported by research and relevant follow-up questions. Access creates the opportunity for a conversation; preparation gives it value.

“The purpose is not simply to conduct interviews. It is to capture ideas capable of shaping economies, industries and future generations.”