Modernisation does not fail because of strategies, but because decisions are not followed through in day-to-day practice. In our Talkbook, we focus on five areas for action – reducing bureaucracy, simplifying regulations, designing services to be digital and user-centred, and streamlining structures. This changes the way public administration works: fewer exceptions, but clear rules; fewer processes, but transparent decisions; fewer announcements, but verifiable progress. The result is an organisation that makes decisions more quickly, delivers more efficiently and remains resilient – for everyone who deals with it on a daily basis.