Team response: Minimizing the impact of a provincial drug shortage
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n Saskatchewan, a drug shortage team in the Ministry of Health has received the inaugural Deputy Minister’s Award of Excellence...
How to avoid losing steam when the public face of an organization goes
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When the public face of an organization or a well-known leader leaves, it might seem unrecoverable. What if they take...
Five ways HR can innovate
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HR has a poor reputation for innovation. After all, risk might be exciting for technology experts or rising managers, but...
Big data drives value
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If technology is the driver, then the management of information must be the outcome. Jill Dyché is vice-president of SAS...
How to know when you are not a leader
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Sometimes the best motivation to become a better leader is a reality check.
Knowing the cost of everything and the value of nothing
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Budget cuts to safety services undermine value for cost in the public service. This is a shame, because nothing can...
From memes to social media, the technology that matters most to the public
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Memes exemplify how internet silliness leads to doubt about its advantages for use to the public sector.
Come jam with us
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If you are a senior leader interested in adopting the Community of Practice approach to leadership development in your organization,...
What can Canadian executives learn from the sequester?
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Employees cannot be productive and feel that they will not be rewarded or that they are expendable.
How to innovate in a bureaucracy
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What do you do if you're a leader in a large department of the public service with an entrenched bureaucracy,...