Mastering change
The “Magic Loogie” scene is vintage Seinfeld. It is a pastiche of Oliver Stone’s 1991 classic film JFK. It parodies...
Three ways to increase innovation while minimising risk to taxpayer dollars
We all know that innovation involves taking risk and accepting the possibility of failure. Both of these can be difficult...
CGE announces merger of CGE Leadership Summit and TechGov Summit
February 20, 2019, Aurora, ON – Canadian Government Executive Media (CGE) is pleased to announce that its highly anticipated sixth...
Gone in 60 seconds professional development survey
Canadian Government Executive, in collaboration with Dalhousie University, is seeking your input on workshops we would like to offer to...
Tear down these walls: Bureaucracy, government and the future of work
Wouldn’t we all love to work in an open, transparent and inclusive organisation? A workplace for co-creation powered by a...
Organizational Risks with the Government of Canada’s Digitization and Information Technology
Imagine your favorite world class service provider replacing the Board of Directors and key executives with people without any experience...
First Ministers’ Meeting: The Most Visible of Canada’s Intergovernmental Machinery
Barring a massive emergency, on December 7,h 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau convened his fourth and likely final First Ministers’...
Society is changing — government needs innovation to adapt
My experience in government has spanned across municipal, provincial and now federal jurisdictions. It is obvious that the public sector...
How to Start Thinking about Non-Conventional Intelligence for Regional Insights
If your Deputy Minister asked you to identify a dozen communities that had laid off factory workers in the last...
The more women in government, the healthier a population
In November 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formed the first gender-balanced cabinet in Canadian history. In announcing his cabinet, he...