Manager development: Matching competency to complexity
8 min read
Last summer, the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (VCDS) signed off on a departmental initiative known as the Project...
Turning around a commission in decline
4 min read
In 2011, the St. Lawrence Parks Commission, an agency that has been operating Fort Henry, Upper Canada Village, Upper Canada...
Technological innovation and leadership in the public interest
6 min read
but what does this mean when plugged back into your starting premise (we overestimate short-term impact and under-estimate long-term impact)?...
Rebranding the public service
2 min read
but it's an important distinction that the marketing needs don't overshadow or muddle the identity needs.rnrnSecondly
Federal, provincial government support PEI economic stimulation initiative
1 min read
In 2012, the province of Prince Edward Island held a business forum called “PEI’s Economic Future - Looking Ahead.”
An ambiguous role
4 min read
The recent controversy about the actions of some staff members in the office of the Ontario premier has once again...
Enlightened entrepreneurship: Government and business
2 min read
Government plays a central role in promoting business interests. Good government service supports sustainable business and economic development. Business also...
A nudge in the right direction
2 min read
as articulated in Thaler and Sunstein's book of the same name (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudge_(book))
Public Wi-Fi: A Second Wave
6 min read
Public Wi-Fi First Wave: Big Plans, Few Successes In about 2004, the technology press was abuzz with stories of municipal...