Reports: Time to remove excessive controls and allow more risk tolerance
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A year ago, the 7th annual report of the Prime Minister’s Advisory Committee on the Public Service said it was...
When even change is caught up in red tape
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While the gist of the 7th annual report of the Prime Minister’s Advisory Committee on the Public Service focuses on...
How Performance Management Works
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“The first change we are making is to ensure that every public servant has the opportunity to perform to the...
Quitting Something New
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Disclaimer: Note that while I work as a public servant, this is entirely my own initiative and what I post...
The passion and persistence of innovation
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"Innovation" might be an overused buzzword in defence and security circles, but since the stand-up of the Canadian Innovation Commercialization...
Are we developing the managers of the future?
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After teaching several hundred students over the years, I have found that there is a major need for what I...
Engaging Canadians in citizen science
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At 9:43 on the morning of May 17, 2013, a magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck the Ottawa valley. A citizen could...
Leveraging the cloud for public safety: a case study
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Media Sonar is a London, Ont.-based start-up that works with public safety organizations to help them mine social media and...
Is it déjà vu all over again?
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Ten years ago I was as member of the Parliamentary Secretary’s Task Force, Government-Wide Review of Procurement, looking into ways...
What are you doing to improve performance in your organization?
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If there is one thing governments spend a lot of time doing, it’s thinking about, and reporting on, performance. And...