Measuring the Impact of Local Market Development Agreements
Do Labour Market Development Agreements (LMDAs) make a difference? Our evaluation shows they do. LMDAs were introduced in 1996 under...
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,...
Evaluation: How FedNor Adapted
Evaluation is performed for a range of reasons: to improve programs, to learn about how they function and, perhaps more...
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,...
Managing change
The answer my friends is blowin’ in the wind … BOB DYLAN (1962): BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND Managing is about...
The Future of Internal Audit
In 2016, Deloitte undertook a global internal audit research study on the future of internal audit (IA). More than 1,200...
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...
Fostering generational change in leadership
Excellence in leadership is instrumental in serving the public interest. New-age leaders merge the principles of good governance and sound...
CGE appoints a former deputy minister as new editor-in-chief
Canadian Government Executive Media (CGE) announced last Friday, that George Ross has been selected as editor-in-chief of Canadian Government Executive...