Canadian Government Executive - Volume 24 - Issue 07

February/March 2019// Canadian Government Executive / 3 Features 8 Financial Information at your Fingertips – the Modern Reporting System By Kerry Dunn 12 Getting Ahead of Disruption is Key to our Future: An Introduction to Canada Next By Edward Greenspon and Drew Fagan 18 Stumbling our Way to Build a Public Sector Innovation Ecosystem By Ed Bernacki 24 Lessons from Private Sector’s Cloud Journey that can be Applied to Government. An Interview with Jonathan Spinks, CEO of Sourced Group By J. Richard Jones and Marcello Sukhdeo 28 Vulnerability and Voting By Julia Ann Fremeau 30 What a Big Tech Executive Learned Transforming Italy’s Government By Josh Lowe 32 Thinking Differently about Black History Month By Tari Ajadi 34 Business Analysts: A Key to Successful Public Sector Transformations By Jarett Hailes Departments 16 EYE CUES Framing Contests By Peter Stoyko 22 DASHBOARD Disruptive Technologies and Innovations: Is Canada Prepared for the Future? By Marcello Sukhdeo 38 MIDDLE MANAGEMENT Mastering Change By John Wilkins 40 GOVERNING DIGITALLY Blockchain and Government: Promise and Peril By Jeffrey Roy 42 THE LEADER’S BOOKSHELF The Next Level by Scott Eblin By Harvey Schachter 44 THE LAST WORD The Positive Disruption By Lori Turnbull 28 Vulnerability and Voting CGE online: Letters We welcome feedback on articles and story ideas. Email marcello@promotivemedia.ca About the Cover Donald Trump (President, United States), Andrzej Duda (President, Poland), Theresa May (Prime Minister, United Kingdom), Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Canada). Meeting of NATO Heads of State and Government in Brussels. Photo: NATO. 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.