Bookshelf: The Four Tendencies
At work, we are often trying to satisfy a bundle of expectations, which can be boiled down to those expectations...
Enlisting volunteers
Large-scale change occurs when a sizeable body of people gets behind an opportunity and acts on critical initiatives linked to...
The Up, Down and Out of Leadership: Lessons from the World of the Municipal CAO
“Local government touches all of us intimately every day of our lives: the water we drink, the transit system that...
The Architecture of Failure
We all ask why governments fail, often spectacularly, to carry out their policy goals through bad implementation. When something goes...
Five ways to improve strategic planning
Why is strategic planning so dreaded? How often do we actually deliver what the plan outlined? Why is buy-in so...
Better accountability through combining RBM with project management tools
As the resettlement of Syrian Refugees exemplifies, government programs, currently running on RBM, can be made more accountable if they...
A seat at the table – influence and leadership
Over the last several months, as a participant in the OCG’s Leadership pilot program, I have enhanced my appreciation of...
Forming a strategic vision
High in the Arctic, the Inuksuk is a timeless cultural symbol of the human journey. The Inuit stack rough stones...
An interview with Marcia Nelson, Deputy Minister, Alberta Executive Council
At the 2017 IPAC conference in Charlottetown, George Ross, Editor-in-Chief of CGE sat down with Marcia Nelson, Alberta’s Deputy Minister...
Is government doomed to repeat mistakes, or can it stop losing its mind?
Can government remember? Is it condemned to repeat mistakes? Or does it remember too much and so sees too many...