The leadership code
6 min read
Leaders are individuals who personally make decisions, get things done, and direct an organization. We all can immediately think of...
North America’s e-health malaise
4 min read
When a public sector IT project is featured on Saturday Night Live’s opening parody, you know things aren’t good. Such...
Weekly Roundup – Dec. 27th
1 min read
We hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday! We’ve rounded up all our news from the past two weeks...
The art of the possible: Open government
2 min read
Many nations look to the Canadian public service as a model of probity, prudence, and excellence. Today, good practice is...
Uncharted territory for intelligence agencies
11 min read
Intelligence agencies have had widespread and long-running programs to gather, analyze and share electronic data for defence and security purposes....
Thank you
2 min read
In this last week before Christmas and the holidays, this is a good time for managers to think about how...
A Breath of Fresh Air
4 min read
I believe that the most important things in life should be able to exist without me. I just returned from...
An action plan for self-sustainment
4 min read
The Comprehensive Community Plan...was a community-driven project, where we talked about our wishes, our dreams and our needs, and we...
Putting the weight in the right place
4 min read
A procurement is designed to deliver specified results to a client. If those results are poorly understood or defined, there...
Effective social media requires change in the communications paradigm
2 min read
It’s no secret that governments are trying to make social media work: check out the government of Canada’s guidelines. The...