IT project success: It’s about managing change
6 min read
Ken Cochrane was the CIO for Canada from June 2006 until December 2008, when his executive exchange expired.
New mechanisms for the e-health quagmire
4 min read
When President Barack Obama campaigns during the coming months for re-election, odds are he will not be reviving one of...
Case of the disappearing data
4 min read
Students of public administration struggle with an important contradiction of Westminster governance.
Why we follow bad leaders
6 min read
Reading Walter Isaacson's interminable but also always fascinating biography of Steve Jobs, I was mulling over the question of how...
A positive spin
6 min read
Managers generally walk around with a what's-going-wrong mentality. They are fixated on rooting out errors, and fixing those.
How smart computing can help government do more with less
4 min read
Combining the digital age with the current climate of financial austerity is a challenge for government leaders who want to...
Voting digital: Markham connects through tech
4 min read
Technology has fundamentally changed the way governments and their citizens interact.
What’s in your system? Integrated application modernization planning
4 min read
As the IT needs of an organization evolve, and existing systems age, it is critical to look at application modernization...
Mutual respect: Alberta’s political leadership
7 min read
As part of our ongoing series of conversations on the relationship between public service and elected government, Alberta Premier Ed...
Can you still be trusted?
5 min read
Most leaders will readily agree that earning and keeping the trust of others is critical to their effectiveness as a...