The article substantiates the necessity of transforming public administration in the context of global challenges. The speed of modern socio-economic, environmental, and information processes is increasing according to the speed of the Internet. Management under these conditions should be adequate, provided by preventive management. Management is considered as a process, the efficiency of which is determined by the corresponding network. When writing the article, analytical, process, networking methods were used. The content of the preventive method is characterized the definiteness of the ten stages that provide terminological certainty, the analytical characteristic of the current state, the specified goal and the predicted desired and possible results, the determination of the powers and responsibilities of the subjects, inventory and calculation of the necessary resources, the characteristics of the forces, the development of strategy and tactics of achieving the goals, the formation of the system guarantees of achievement of goals, development of a system of measurement and evaluation of the effectiveness of the process of achieving the goals set. This approach provides prediction of future problems and early development of mechanisms for their elimination. Problems are easier to predict than to eliminate.