Teetering on the tipping point
6 min read
Policymakers agree that municipalities are critical to Canada's future prosperity and sustainability.
The generous public servant
2 min read
Robert Fonberg, Deputy Minister of Defence, was launching the Government of Canada Workplace Charitable Campaign for 2010 when he said...
Fiscal model no longer sustainable
4 min read
It is difficult to determine when the debate about the need to strike a better balance between taxes and government...
Train for Success
4 min read
"Canada as a nation just doesn't work well enough and we seem to have trouble ‘getting our act together' when...
Commitment to trust
6 min read
Stephen M.R. Covey has sold 600,000 copies of The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything, a book...
La confiance : l’antidote à l’aversion pour le risque
6 min read
Wayne Wouters occupe le poste de secrétaire du Cabinet, greffier du Conseil privé et chef de la fonction publique du...
The rise of municipal government 2.0
4 min read
Despite the occasional ministerial tweet and public banter about the federal government's imminent (always imminent) plans to expand the usage...
E-health: A governance failure
4 min read
The recent scandals plaguing Ontario's e-health agency carry important lessons for the evolution of digital government and the challenges that...
Selling your great ideas
6 min read
Good ideas in government often seem destined to be shot down. They have to be sold to a long line...
Eight archetypes of the work environment
6 min read
We can learn from archetypes. They can help us lead, if they are clear and practical enough