What Makes a Bloody Good Policy Officer?
From The Westminster Tradition by The Westminster Tradition
March 2, 2026 · 1h 7m · Season 4 · Episode 4
About this episode
This episode features Salli Cohen discussing her book on becoming an effective policy officer.
Few people come to policy officer positions with specific policy training. They might be teachers, lawyers, front-line workers or subject-matter experts. Who teaches us how to do policy work, and what policy actually is? Enter Salli Cohen’s brilliant new book, 'Rollercoaster: How to be a bloody good policy officer.' In this episode we catch up with Salli about: Her one-word definition of policy.What it takes to be a genuinely good policy officer, beyond technical competence.The difference bet...
People in this episode
Host: The Westminster Tradition
Guest: Salli Cohen
Topics covered
- policy work
- policy officer
- professional development
- government
- public service
Keywords
- policy officer
- Salli Cohen
- Rollercoaster
- government
- public policy
- professional skills
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Rollercoaster: How to be a bloody good policy officer
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