February 2017 issue: Finding True North
The latest issue of Canadian Government Executive is currently available. Some of the articles appearing in this edition are: Making...
Collaborating to Create Learning: the TeachOntario Programme
Bill Gates once said that “Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating...
Netflix Quandaries: Culture, Content and Social Capital
The last few months have showed a complex and potentially ominous relationship between digital content and community engagement. While Netflix...
The Ways and Means of Deliverology Success
In the first year of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s term in office, deliverology has become a sort of buzzword in...
Linking Policy Innovation and Systems Thinking: Toronto’s RSD5 Symposium
Since 2010, experts and academics eager to connect “systems thinking” and policy design have been meeting annually to share their...
BlackBerry launched Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Centre in Ottawa
After shifting its focus away from manufacturing smartphones, BlackBerry announced yesterday that it is putting its driverless automobile research into high...
How Data Analytics Can Combat the Opioid Crisis
Earlier this year the Ontario Ministry of Health announced that it will delist high-dose opioids in January 2017 in order...
Taking the Leap: Rethinking the Government Approach to Get Business to Invest in Productivity and Exports
Ten years ago I was a young entrepreneur selling processed seafood out of a factory in Vancouver. After only three...
The “Hackathon” As an Instrument in Policy Design
There is already a surging literature on the application of design thinking (DT) to government services. Ressler and others have...
How to stifle innovation in 5 minutes
In a word: Stocktakes. Mirriam-Webster defines stocktaking as “the act of estimating a situation at any given moment”. That’s not...