Gone in 60 seconds professional development survey
Canadian Government Executive, in collaboration with Dalhousie University, is seeking your input on workshops we would like to offer to...
Tear down these walls: Bureaucracy, government and the future of work
Wouldn’t we all love to work in an open, transparent and inclusive organisation? A workplace for co-creation powered by a...
First Ministers’ Meeting: The Most Visible of Canada’s Intergovernmental Machinery
Barring a massive emergency, on December 7,h 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau convened his fourth and likely final First Ministers’...
The more women in government, the healthier a population
In November 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formed the first gender-balanced cabinet in Canadian history. In announcing his cabinet, he...
Mr. Zuckerberg’s Democratic Dilemma
When Mark Zuckerberg checked out of Harvard for California’s Silicon Valley, his lofty ambitions were to connect the world and...
Creating a Better Canada from our Imperfect Origins
After the general federal election in October 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s party became the government. Observers say that the...
Inequality will define the future of work — unless citizens get to co-design policy
In my previous post about Nesta’s Digital Frontrunners, I introduced four challenges governments need to prioritise so that all citizens can...
Executive Talent Risks in the Government of Canada
While most of my focus here is on IT and digitization efforts, many of the issues also apply to non-IT...
The misuse of measurement and accountability in government
In his article, Gaming the System, How the misuse of data impedes innovation, Ken Miller, founder of the Change & Innovation...
Lessons from Lean government initiatives
Over the years, governments have been adopting Lean management principles to cut waste and inefficiencies to improve service delivery to...