Improving accountability for health and safety
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Entering 2013, Canadian employers and unions, public and private sector alike, must deal with increasingly complex issues in health and...
Keeping performance management relevant
3 min read
“Is performance management still relevant?” was the thought-provoking question posed by Murray Kronick in the February edition. The article noted...
A blueprint for the future public service
2 min read
The Clerk of the Privy Council spoke at the APEX Symposium yesterday. While the substance and themes of the speech...
Defence procurement: Does anyone care?
3 min read
A year since my last article on defence procurement, positive change is lacking while negatives abound. Does anyone care?
Technological panaceas: The blinding effects of risky rhetoric
4 min read
In the midst of cutbacks and crisis, efficiency is vital to providing quality service. Increasingly, this may mean turning the...
The full monty: UK deputies face full exposure
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In the U.K. system, Permanent Secretaries are what we call Deputy Ministers. As part of that government’s Civil Service Reform...
Duffy and leadership
2 min read
What would journalist Mike Duffy say about Senator Mike Duffy? Maybe three things:
Meaningful staff engagement tools
4 min read
Health Canada has developed six diversity collaboration tools that are readily adaptable and can be tailored to use across a...
Changing the business-government relationship
2 min read
Like all provinces, Nova Scotia is grappling with transforming the way it provides services to citizens. And like most, it...