Defence procurement: Does anyone care?
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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
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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
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What would journalist Mike Duffy say about Senator Mike Duffy? Maybe three things:
Meaningful staff engagement tools
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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
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Like all provinces, Nova Scotia is grappling with transforming the way it provides services to citizens. And like most, it...
Business continuity fundamentals
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Business continuity management has evolved into a specialized discipline, but you don’t need a team of specialists to create and...
Performance management and poor performers
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This time of year the Clerk of the Privy Council puts out his annual report to the Prime Minister on...
Why your crisis communication plan is a waste
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Chances are good your organization has a crisis communications plan. Sitting in a binder somewhere, it has written documentation on...