The power of SMARTnership
“With SMARTnership, we have to look into communication, being trustworthy, convincing people, and translating a message,” Jensen said. “We have...
If it’s broken…
Roy Wiseman’s blog, "In defence of direct negotiation," on the CGE blog site (cgexecblog.wordpress.com) is well worth a read. So...
Open Government Statues
I’m new to Ottawa, and as such, I decided to explore Parliament Hill the other day. Not so much the...
Failure to app-reciate the data
A study done by the Social Science Research Network looked at the success of cities promoting the citizen use of...
Experiencing a contract dispute with a supplier?
As difficult as they may be to accept, we all know that disagreements and disputes are unavoidable in life. The...
BizPaL and Gov 2.0: From information to participation
A significant challenge for Canada in the digital government era is federalism. Difficult as it is to achieve service integration...
When Westminster meets digital
Most public sector conversations around the impact of digital refer to big data, open data and the capacity of IT...
ADM MAT adapts to new procurement strategy
When the government introduced the Defence Procurement Strategy in February, it laid out three priorities: delivering the right equipment in...
Progress Isn’t Finite
My biggest beef about most people is how they keep telling me that we can’t have it any better. That...
Stewards of innovation: Leaders in the middle
Stewardship of public service renewal and reform is critical in times of austerity and uncertainty. Middle managers, acting as stewards...