Evaluation – Systematically gathering information. An interview with the President, Canadian Evaluation Society
In this episode, Marcello Sukhdeo fills in for your regular hosts. He speaks with Harry Cummings, President of the Canadian...
Bookshelf: Barking up the Wrong Tree
Did your high school valedictorian go on to achieve greatness? High schools select their valedictorians because they show promise and...
Principled Evaluation: Who Cares?
Compared to audit professionals and their preoccupation with “independence”, evaluation specialists may seem unconcerned about ethical principles. Their fixation is...
Solving Complex Problems
Having a clear definition of success is one of the key components in achieving the desired results of a project...
TechGov Forum: How can your agency unlock value from its digital assets?
Does your organization have a very narrow view of what digital means in today’s economy? If so, then your agency...
September 2017 issue: Fostering Resilience
We are happy to share with you the September 2017 issue of Canadian Government Executive. In this issue, you’ll find...
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,...
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,...
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...
Being Accountable in Collaborative Security Networks: Lessons from the Attack on Parliament of Canada
On the morning of October 22, 2014, I lived an extraordinary event on Parliament Hill. We were having our weekly...