## Notes from 02 June 2025 [[2025-06-01|← Previous note]] ┃ [[2025-06-03|Next note →]] I recently read “[Chaos testing: Build like it’s already broken](https://public.digital/pd-insights/blog/2025/05/chaos-testing-how-crisis-forces-organisations-to-change)” by Linda Essen-Möller, published by [[Public Digital]] in May 2025. I loved the central analogy: borrowing the idea of _chaos testing_ from software engineering and applying it to public administration. It’s a concept that deserves to be better understood, studied, and applied... especially by governments that tend to resist disruption until it’s forced upon them. Essen-Möller explains how chaos testing deliberately introduces stress or failure into systems to expose weaknesses before real crises hit. She expands the idea beyond infrastructure: What if we tested policies, leadership, and ethical resilience the same way we test servers or apps? What if we routinely asked how government would cope if senior leaders left, if services failed in a high-profile way, or if new technologies created reputational damage?