Recent Posts
Evidence, Leadership and Trust in Digital Transformation
Digital transformation is in hyper-drive due to COVID-19 and is greatly impacting government agencies and department in how operations are…
Let’s Seize the Cloud Opportunity Now
The context following a global crisis has provided businesses with the ultimate permission and space to think and do differently….
Is your job meaningful and does it matter?
One of the most iconic memories of the first lockdown of the pandemic is the sound of applause echoing across…
Organizational Change Through Digital Transformation
Workplaces across public sector are undergoing dramatic transitions. From how work gets done, to where work takes place, and even…
Top Categories
AI
Cloud
Columnists
Bookshelf: Gender
There was a time when people who ran meetings were chairmen, whether male or female. Local officials were aldermen. Women……...
Into the Light: Transparency and National Security
There is no greater governmental purpose than public safety and national security. Since 9-11, the security apparatus of democratic governments……...
Bookshelf: Gender
There was a time when people who ran meetings were chairmen, whether male or female. Local officials were aldermen. Women……...
Bookshelf: The Five Disciplines of Inclusive Leaders and Inclusive Conversations
When we look back, 2020 will be remembered as the year of the coronavirus. But a second issue flared up……...
Motivating unexpected results
The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. ‒ ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF, PRESIDENT OF……...
Leading inclusive workplaces
It takes teamwork to make a dream work. ‒ THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2015) Linus van Pelt was……...
Into the Light: Transparency and National Security
There is no greater governmental purpose than public safety and national security. Since 9-11, the security apparatus of democratic governments……...
Combatting the COVID Infodemic
With COVID-19 vaccines here, cultivating public trust has never been more crucial. What public authorities must fully comprehend is that……...
Policy
A Counting Conundrum: How Many Amendments?
When the Senate returned the government’s energy legislation (Bill C-69) to the House of Commons last spring, media attention focused……...
How to use evidence in policymaking
Why is evidence in policy important? The world we are living in is changing; we are facing some of humankind’s biggest……...
The Future of Innovation in Cybersecurity
In the show today, J. Richard Jones talks with Rick Howard, Chief Security Officer of Palo Alto Networks. Rick is……...
Here’s what happens when tech outpaces government
“What happens when technological innovation outpaces the ability of laws and regulations to keep up?” asked Adam Thierer, Senior Research Fellow at……...
A Counting Conundrum: How Many Amendments?
When the Senate returned the government’s energy legislation (Bill C-69) to the House of Commons last spring, media attention focused……...
How to use evidence in policymaking
Why is evidence in policy important? The world we are living in is changing; we are facing some of humankind’s biggest……...
Leadership, Strategy and COVID-19 vaccines
At the time of writing, Canada has distributed over 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines. These vaccines will be available……...
Public trust and infodemics
We are officially in the second wave of COVID-19. This is evident in the increasing number of infections that are……...
Post-COVID-19 and the Future of Work
Life, as we know it, has changed drastically over the past few weeks. The coronavirus has put a halt to……...
Operating in the digital environment
Digital is a big component of government services today. The drive for digital transformation began many years ago – moving……...
Supply chain attacks
Supply chain attacks are not common, and the SolarWinds Supply-Chain Attack is one of the most potentially damaging attacks we’ve…
Shaping smarter, more liveable cities
We have been hearing about smart cities for a little while now. Smart cities use data collected through sensors and…
Exploring the potential of Edge computing
As cloud becomes foundational, this year will see an increased focus in edge computing. In 2020, innovations in next-generation communications such…
Transforming Canada’s immigration environment – A key to our economic recovery
Immigration isn’t something that is top of mind in the day to day of most Canadians, but it’s a fundamental…
Think twice before acting: The Legal Aid dilemma
There is no Justice without access to Justice. ̶ BEVERLEY MCLACHLIN (2011), FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA Tim Hortons, hockey, igloos, and the long-awaited NBA championship……....
Frameworks … does one size fit all?
The shoe that fits one person pinches another. – CARL JUNG (1933) Frameworks cannot be seen as global Band-Aids. Governments use frameworks……...
Analytics is a shared service
I think – value in this era of technology is delivered horizontally, not in vertical silos. ‒ CARLY FIORINA (2004), FORMER CEO OF HEWLETT-PACKARD Analytics is a……...
Leading inclusion and diversity in the OPS
Since the Equity Employment Act was introduced in Canada nearly 35 years ago, there have been significant improvements in the……...
COVID-19: Uprooting and Transforming Work in Canada
The COVID-19 crisis has placed unprecedented demands on public servants in all jurisdictions in the country. Their response has been……...
Inter- and Intrastate Politics and Governance in Canada
In federal systems like Canada’s – where power, authority, and responsibility are divided and/or shared between multiple orders of government……...