Enhancing decision-making processes through managerial training and behavioural competencies: an Anticipatory Governance perspective

n an era of rapid economic, technological, and social changes, traditional governance models are experiencing a deep crisis. This has become one of the main topics of academic debate on how public administrations can be more proactive. Existing managerial approaches and tools to deal with these phenomena of uncertainty are lacking, which is why the Anticipatory Governance (AG) approach finds strength in public administrations. AG fosters a proactive dimension of public action, integrating decision-making, forecasting, innovation, and learning processes. In this contribution, based on empirical work, we will focus on how AG is perceived in Italian public administrations and how it can be successfully implemented, paying particular attention to its relationship with managerial training and behavioural skills.