July 2026

Weeks 26-30

• Week 26 | Summer reading list for public servants: 2026 edition 📚

  
  

  Plus: The town crier who projects as loudly as a jet plane
  
  Read the 26th Weekly Briefing of 2026

• Week 27 | AI for speed-writing

  
  

  Plus: The giant seal in Tasmania who 'respects nothing'
  
  Read the 27th Weekly Briefing of 2026

• Week 28 | 5 icebreaker themes for high-performance teams

  
  

  Plus: The emotional support goat helping fight a wildfire
  
  Read the 28th Weekly Briefing of 2026

• Week 29 | How to design your work schedule

  
  

  Plus: All hail Jimothy: How Seattle's public servants are embracing one wily raccoon
  
  Read the 29th Weekly Briefing of 2026

• Week 30 | “Be human first”: the resilience advice public servants swear by

  
  

  Plus: Till death do us bark: Pets as wedding witnesses in Ecuador
  
  Read the 30th Weekly Briefing of 2026