ABSTRACT
Smell triggers personal and institutional memory, which is a key for quality public service. It is vital for public servants to regard the broader perspective of their role and learn from personal and organizational experience as means to ameliorate and gain professional excellence within the public service. Unlike political positions, public service positions are the backbone of an entire administration and are responsible for the stability of the public decision-making process and the democratic system as a whole. In that sense, the ability to “smell” and retain past policies while nurturing the ability to identify and adopt new and improved public measures is no less than critical in order to maintain the ability to govern and keep the democratic values in place.
