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The times they are a-changin’
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The world today seems to be changing significantly faster than ever before. In a year that brought us the demise...
Public value model would require greater public participation
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Many think the traditional Westminster system of public management is on life support. And with the decline of New Public...
One Choice: Culture, engagement and passion
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Choice. It seems like such a simple thing, to choose to go from disengagement to engagement. But it’s not.
The private sector call still resonates
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In Monday’s Globe and Mail, Donald Savoie wrote an op-ed piece in which he argued that efforts that make public...
Sage advice for a public service career
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I recently had the opportunity to attend Mega-ConnEX – a government-wide young professionals and senior executives networking event.
A new message for government
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Minister Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board, was preaching to the choir, a group of leading-edge public service thinkers...
Tony Clement: Rethinking government
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Countries, particularly in the western industrialized world, are coming under increasing pressure to balance budgets and get their debt and...
Sky Pilot: Ministering to public service renewal
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Henry Mintzberg observed in a 2007 CGE interview that management and leadership are two sides of the same coin.
Big challenges for the new Secretary of the Treasury Board
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The new Secretary of the Treasury Board of Canada, Yaprak Baltacioglu, takes over the government’s management board as the feds...
A balanced role for government
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Last night in Toronto the head of the Ontario public service, Peter Wallace, spoke at the 2012 Fleck Lecture on...