The Case for Strategic Foresight as Design Tool
The design needed and practiced in government departments and the broader public sector is often of a systemic nature. Typically,...
Social Media, Digital Imagery and Youth Anxiety
As social media becomes ever-more prevalent in the lives of today’s youth, there are more questions about its impacts on...
Evaluation: How FedNor Adapted
Evaluation is performed for a range of reasons: to improve programs, to learn about how they function and, perhaps more...
Just Say What You Want
Radical candour sounds rather outré as a prescription for government executives. Careful caution is often the norm. But consultant Kim...
Meet George Ross, Downsizing the Canada.ca project and get ready for TechGov
In this episode of CGE Radio, J. Richard Jones is joined by George Ross, the new editor-in-chief of CGE. Hear...
Using Behavioural Insights to Improve Government Programs and Services: The Case of Job Match
Behavioural Insights (BI) is a multidisciplinary approach that uses principles and methodologies from the behavioural sciences such as behavioural economics,...
Accountable Anonymity in Achieving Collaboration: GitHub’s Promise?
In March, the Canada Revenue Agency’s website was shut down by its staff following an attack on Statistics Canada’s site....
Confronting the Wicked: Using Evaluation to Boost Innovation
How does a mandate for innovation challenge evaluation? Increasingly, the public sector is becoming more intentional and systematic in stimulating...
APEX serving the needs of public sector executives
As the face of the Association of Professional Executives of the Public Service of Canada (APEX), Michel G. Vermette’s role...
The Endless Pursuits of Results in the Age of Program Evaluation
One of the writers in this month’s issue started a note by saying “Did you know that some of the...