Keep it concise
7 min read
Before a presentation, uncertainty and fear can lead us to try to include all the information required to answer all...
Good Enough, Is
3 min read
I have been working with government now for about 15 years and somewhere in that period I became infected with...
Rethinking ballistic missile defence
4 min read
Anyone familiar with NORAD and ballistic missile defence issues will remember the media hype that surrounded the period leading up...
Have we built a system that contains a paradox?
5 min read
Performance measurement and public reporting are intended to achieve two complementary objectives: improve accountability and improve performance.
Lessons of adopting an enterprise approach
1 min read
The federal government, through Shared Services Canada, is focusing on integrating IT systems to create an enterprise-wide approach. The goal...
Objects in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear, Pt. 3
3 min read
Taking a look this week at the vision from Blueprint for Renewing Government Services Using Information Technology, 1994 on its...
Delivering Panamania
6 min read
In the middle of an empty field on the edge of the Niagara Escarpment, construction workers are hard at work...
Talking about performance
4 min read
Whether in the public or private sector, a critical role of managers and supervisors is the management of employee performance....
Fellowship of the Ring: Government and civil society
2 min read
Commitment to social justice can erode in times of austerity, change, and uncertainty. The divergent views of the blue-ribbon panel......
The Europeans are coming! The Koreans are coming!
4 min read
The early May annual workshop of the Canadian Institute of Procurement and Materiel Management covered many topics that could have...