## Notes from 03 February 2026 [[2026-02-02|← Previous note]] ┃ [[2026-02-04|Next note →]] Today I learned about [[Neil Kinnock]], a former [[UK Labour Party]] leader who later became a European Commission vice-president and led a major EU internal reform program in the early 2000s (the "Kinnock reforms"). The program touched multiple areas: administrative culture, strategic planning and resource management (including activity-based approaches), HR policy, internal control and financial management. I find this interesting because it looks like a case where a political actor tried to push a state reform package from inside a large, complex supranational bureaucracy, and I want to learn more about how he actually pulled it off, what his reform strategy was, how staff reacted, and whether it had lasting effects.