Online monitoring: Is it helping or harming your workplace?
None of us likes the feeling of being watched. This is no less true in the workplace, where it is becoming increasingly common for employers to monitor their employees’ online activities, be it through keystroke logging, e-mail scanning, or video surveillance.
Are you prepared for performance reviews?
Being the subject of scrutiny is hard; scrutinizing others is, arguably, just as difficult. Yet businesses are more than ever preoccupied with cutting costs and getting results, and performance reviews are the best way to measure an employee’s work ethic and productivity.
Pressing problems for cities require smarter use of resources
Over 80 percent of Canadians are now living in urban areas. On top of that, of the remaining 20 percent who are defined by StatsCan as 'rural', many are considered 'urban adjacent.' Finally, in about 35 years, two out three people will live in urban areas.
Key Leadership Competencies and Tool Use
Note that while I work as a public servant, this is entirely my own initiative and what I post here…
Predictive analytics for smarter cities
You have undoubtedly seen the ad (on TV or YouTube, depending on your medium of choice): a police officer grabbing a cup of coffee checks his watch, heads for his squad car and begins a quick drive across town; not far away, a burglar also checks his watch and begins a similar drive.
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…...
A look at trade
We live in a time of economic turbulence that is quickly escalating to the point of throwing the global economy…...
The next big thing in cybersecurity
Cybersecurity, especially in this time is critical to ensure that systems, data and private information are kept safe. In this…
Next-generation 9-1-1
Telecommunications networks are evolving in keeping with technological advancements. In this episode of CGE Radio, J. Richard Jones talks with…
COVID Round Two, An Interview with Alex Miller, Esri Canada
In this episode of CGE Radio, J. Richard Jones talks with Alex Miller from Esri Canada about COVID round two,…
The Maple Leaf Unites Us All, An Interview with CAN Fund Founder Jane Roos
Jane Roos was a promising track athlete before a devastating car accident ended her athletic career at age 19. Jane…
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…...