Canadian Government Executive - Volume 24 - Issue 01

January/February 2018 // Canadian Government Executive / 3 Features 8 Interview with Michael Wernick, Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary of the Cabinet By George Ross 14 Putting Public Servants in the Driver’s Seat By Steve Orsini 18 Rome Was Not Transformed in a Day By Timothy Grayson 22 Principled Evaluation: Who Cares? By Wayne MacDonald MA, CEP, Emilie Peter, PhD, Natalie Kishchuk PhD, CE, FCES 24 Interview with Alex Benay, Chief Information Officer, Government of Canada By George Ross 32 Private Chats in Public Places By Conway Fraser 34 Inclusion and Indigenous Representation, You Matter! By Nadine S. Huggins 44 Solving Complex Problems By Telfer Departments 16 EYE CUES Social Enterprises By Peter Stoyko 20 Readings Brief Managing Forward: Resilience as a Strategic Competency By Andrew Graham 38 MIDDLE MANAGEMENT Enabling Action By John Wilkins 40 GOVERNING DIGITALLY Jury Duty and Deliverology By Jeffrey Roy 42 THE LEADER’S BOOKSHELF By Harvey Schachter 46 THE LAST WORD: Liberals Appoint New Cadre of Officers of Parliament By Lori Turnbull 32 Private Chats In Public Places CGE online: Letters We welcome feedback on articles and story ideas. Email george@promotivemedia.ca. About the Cover Interviews with Michael Wernick, Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary of the Cabinet and Alex Benay, Chief Information Officer, Government of Canada It’s in the Archives Missed an issue? Misplaced an article? Visit www.canadiangovernmentexecutive.ca for a full archive of past CGE issues, as well as online extras from our many contributors.