Honoring Canada’s Clerks
6 min read
When David Mitchell, the Forum’s president and CEO, first contemplated paying tribute to the Clerks, he wondered if the choice...
New paradigm for the CIO
2 min read
CIOs, like others in back-office functions, need to start thinking and acting more like enterprise leaders, providing value within the...
Is professional development suffering from austerity?
4 min read
In my time the almost automatic response to austerity was to cut training. Cutting training saves money easily – it...
A roadmap for smarter supply chains
4 min read
Government supply chains, in defence and elsewhere, are increasingly becoming interconnected and interdependent. They now extend beyond “department walls” through...
Let’s celebrate public servants
2 min read
National Public Service Week’s theme this year is “Proudly Serving Canadians.” The theme of Public Service Recognition Week in the...
Building good global governance: The post-2015 Millennium Development Goal agenda
2 min read
While there can be no singular solution for good governance, building common strategies that can be locally adapted is important...
Restoring trust
7 min read
The Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada (PSIC) was created in 2007 so federal public servants and...
The auditor’s cautionary tale
4 min read
After the Auditor General’s (AG) report was released on April 30, the national media were quick to draw attention to...
Crowdsourcing a future vision
2 min read
In the Twentieth Annual Report to the Prime Minister on the Public Service of Canada, Clerk of the Privy Council...