Harvey Schachter
Harvey Schachter is a writer, specializing in management and business issues. He writes three weekly columns for the Globe and Mail and The Leader’s Bookshelf column for Canadian Government Executive, and a regular column and features for Kingston Life magazine.
Harvey was editor of the 2004 book Memos to the Prime Minister: What Canada Can Be in the 21st Century. He was the ghostwriter on The Three Pillars of Public Management by Ole Ingstrup and Paul Crookall, and editor of Getting Clients, Keeping Clients by Dan Richards.
A McGill commerce graduate, Harvey spent more than 15 years in a variety of positions at The Kingston Whig-Standard, including editor and planning and promotions manager. He won two National Newspaper Awards for his writing and a national Owl Award for a marketing program he created at the newspaper.
The creativity of pairs
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When you think of creativity and innovation in government, John Lennon and Paul McCartney probably don’t spring to mind. Neither...
How to change the world (or sell government) in three acts
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You can’t appear for your important presentations in a black turtleneck and jeans like Steve Jobs did. And you don’t...
Talking at cross purposes
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We know feedback is good for us. We know it can help us improve. But receiving feedback can often be...
Twelve trends changing our world
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Leaders need to know how to inspire and manage, and have a solid understanding of the policy field in which...
A cool approach to time management
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As I rush-rush-rush through the day, I occasionally remember the notion of “cool time” from a book published 12 years...
Keep it concise
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Before a presentation, uncertainty and fear can lead us to try to include all the information required to answer all...
Decision-making for executives
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Much has been written about decision-making in recent years, as we learn more about how the brain works and behavioural...
Off and Running
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Elections can bring a change of government. They certainly bring a change in the face of government, as some ministers...
Recalibrating fixed beliefs
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Evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould warned that “the most erroneous stories are those we think we know best – and...
Communication starts when your message is understood
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Governments monitor monetary inflation, and have kept it in check in recent years. But there’s another inflation, rampant, that isn’t...