Build on your strengths
7 min read
To improve your job performance and prepare for promotions, should you work on your strengths or weaknesses? What about your...
A summit for today’s leaders
2 min read
When it comes to the public sector, few would argue that the sea is calm. The drivers of change –...
Open Data: A means, not an end to collaboration
4 min read
We built it. They came. They left. The reason? Open data was treated as a technology project, when it should...
The times they are a-changin’
3 min read
The world today seems to be changing significantly faster than ever before. In a year that brought us the demise...
The right leadership
5 min read
With the demographics of an aging workforce and a significant number of pending executive retirements facing most organizations, are governments...
Out of the light and into the shadows
4 min read
When I retired there was no one to whom I could transfer the accumulated knowledge and experience of years in...
Public value model would require greater public participation
2 min read
Many think the traditional Westminster system of public management is on life support. And with the decline of New Public...
Priorities and challenges for the Chief of the Defence Staff
8 min read
On October 29, General Tom Lawson accepted the responsibility of Chief of the Defence Staff from General Walt Natynczyk during...
One Choice: Culture, engagement and passion
3 min read
Choice. It seems like such a simple thing, to choose to go from disengagement to engagement. But it’s not.
The looming long-term care crisis
4 min read
Canada is sleepwalking into a long-term care funding crisis and urgent policy action is required to ensure baby boomers will...