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Lessons from the pandemic: The next phase of public sector digital transformation
Rapid digitization in 2020 can be the foundation for more customer-focused, efficient, and convenient government services. From a platform that…
Survey: Managing your work during the time of COVID
COVID-19 has disrupted work across all sectors. As these sectors, including government, grapple with how to continue to operation during…
Building Canada’s digital, low-carbon economy
Interview with Deputy Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Simon Kennedy on opportunities for pandemic recovery and growth In…
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Doing the right things right
Big Brother is watching you. – GEORGE ORWELL (1949): NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR By 2015, 245 million surveillance cameras were installed worldwide. That number is growing by…...
Hopeful public service
A sometimes pessimistic Millennial offered a satirical retrospective on 2020. Growing up, she listened curiously to older generations tell of their…...
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…...
Doing the right things right
Big Brother is watching you. – GEORGE ORWELL (1949): NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR By 2015, 245 million surveillance cameras were installed worldwide. That number is growing by…...
Hopeful public service
A sometimes pessimistic Millennial offered a satirical retrospective on 2020. Growing up, she listened curiously to older generations tell of their…...
The Promise and Peril of Vaccine Passports
Between the hope of vaccine optimism and a starkly persisting Covid-19 threat, there is growing interest in the notion of…...
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…...
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…...
Data-driven government implementation
Full data-driven government implementation has been an ongoing goal for many years. But human obstacles, the unwillingness to collaborate, cybersecurity…
Deploying critical assets to the cloud
In this episode, J. Richard Jones talks with two experts from FireEye about cloud. FireEye is the intelligence-led security company….
Meeting new demands and citizens expectations
The year 2020 will be remembered as a time when the world as we knew came to a halt. But…
Benchmark shares how they are helping government accelerate their digital transformation
In this episode, hear about an organization – Benchmark Corp – and how they can help government accelerate their digital…
Right to disconnect
Sometimes, working less is doing more… ‒ HUGH SCHOFIELD (2016): BBC NEWS Working outside standard work hours is a public service reality…...
Actions speak louder than words
The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted communication successes and failings across the board. Best intentions have led many leaders to immediately…...
Mastering the art of remote management
Do you want to access talent everywhere, or just in specific markets? If the answer is everywhere, you need to…...
Going the extra mile, remotely
Always deliver more than expected. ‒ LARRY PAGE, CO-FOUNDER OF GOOGLE It is late afternoon, and you just sent off the report…...
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…...