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End Times and New Times
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Interview with Michael Wernick On the latest episode of CGE Radio J. Richard Jones welcomes Lori Turnbull, Professor at Dalhousie...
Unlocking the Power of AI: Oracle and Palantir Forge a Dynamic Partnership
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In a move poised to revolutionize decision-making on a global scale, Oracle and Palantir have announced a strategic alliance aimed...
Strengthen Accountability for Results
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What you measure affects what you do. If you don’t measure the right thing, you don’t do the right thing....
The Regulation of Online Harm: It’s About Politics, Policy, Governance – and Doing the Right Thing For Real
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The Liberal government’s proposed Online Harms Act targets harmful online content by proposing sweeping changes to both policy and governance....
The (Not So) Hidden Threat to A.I. in Government
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A prescient Policy Brief from the OECD in 2001 examined ‘The Hidden Threat to E-Government.’ According to the authors: ‘Most...
Investment/ Project Portfolio Management in Government
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Introduction In a recent Opinion article in the Ottawa Citizen, Kevin Lynch and Jim Mitchell stated “A high performing public...
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The Leader’s Bookshelf
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Frameworks … does one size fit all?
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The Leader’s Bookshelf
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The Importance of Trust
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Flexible work: a modern management approach
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CGE Issue: Designing a future-ready city
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Besting the private sector at its own game
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Decisions, decisions, decisions
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An innovative approach to service delivery
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Cybersecurity
Reforms, Election and Cyberspace
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CGE Edition: Issues Beyond Our Borders
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HYBRID INNOVATION & BUILDING INCLUSION
If 2022 brings about an evolution of Covid-19 from pandemic to endemic, governments will face a critical choice: to facilitate......
In search of excellence
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Cyberspace & the Nation-State
While Covid remains the most visible threat looming over the Biden Presidency, a less visible but similarly porous (and somewhat......
Bookshelf: Beyond Burnout
Burnout is on the rise. Our frenzied work styles and the increased pressure to produce have taken their toll over......
Bookshelf: Gender
There was a time when people who ran meetings were chairmen, whether male or female. Local officials were aldermen. Women......
Bookshelf: Post-Pandemic
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In search of excellence
Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes. ‒ TOM PETERS The search for excellence......
Doing the right things right
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Hope floats
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, … it was the spring of hope, it......
Hopeful public service
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HYBRID INNOVATION & BUILDING INCLUSION
If 2022 brings about an evolution of Covid-19 from pandemic to endemic, governments will face a critical choice: to facilitate......
Cyberspace & the Nation-State
While Covid remains the most visible threat looming over the Biden Presidency, a less visible but similarly porous (and somewhat......
The Promise and Peril of Vaccine Passports
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The Crypto (R)Evolution?
The Crypto (R)Evolution? As if Covid-19 and climate change weren’t already not enough, the world is witnessing an equally profound......
A Counting Conundrum: How Many Amendments?
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The Future of Innovation in Cybersecurity
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Housing in Canada: A Hot Potato Policy Issue
While housing may appear to be an issue that would distinctly fall to provinces and municipalities, it is a complex......
How to use evidence in policymaking
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A glimpse into the future of mobility
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The Crypto (R)Evolution?
The Crypto (R)Evolution? As if Covid-19 and climate change weren’t already not enough, the world is witnessing an equally profound......
The Future of Innovation in Cybersecurity
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Housing in Canada: A Hot Potato Policy Issue
While housing may appear to be an issue that would distinctly fall to provinces and municipalities, it is a complex......
Housing in Canada: A Hot Potato Policy Issue
While housing may appear to be an issue that would distinctly fall to provinces and municipalities, it is a complex......
How to use evidence in policymaking
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A look back at trade politics
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A Counting Conundrum: How Many Amendments?
When the Senate returned the government’s energy legislation (Bill C-69) to the House of Commons last spring, media attention focused......
A glimpse into the future of mobility
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Editors Pick
CGE: Mar/Apr Edition: Smart City Designs, Cloud and Hopeful Pubic Service
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The Mar/Apr 2021 edition of Canadian Government Executive is now available. In this issue, we have articles on: Interoperability in......
The Current Legal Cannabis Landscape: Understanding Canadian Rules and Regulations
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Licensed holders (LHs) have had the ability to produce and sell recreational cannabis since October 17th, 2018. However, despite expectations......
Bookshelf: The Five Disciplines of Inclusive Leaders and Inclusive Conversations
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When we look back, 2020 will be remembered as the year of the coronavirus. But a second issue flared up......
5 Tips to Handle Political Talk in The Online Workplace
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If you thought the last four years was difficult trying to keep politics out of the workplace, get ready for......
Editor's Word
Reforms, Election and Cyberspace
We are now a matter of days away from a federal election in Canada. With over 27 million Canadians on......
Immunity passports, a looming election, digitizing, and diversity
A lot has been happening across Canada. From COVID-19 vaccines to immunity passports, a looming election, digitizing, and diversity. And......
Leadership, Strategy and COVID-19 vaccines
At the time of writing, Canada has distributed over 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines. These vaccines will be available......
Last Word
COVID-19: Uprooting and Transforming Work in Canada
The COVID-19 crisis has placed unprecedented demands on public servants in all jurisdictions in the country. Their response has been......
Inter- and Intrastate Politics and Governance in Canada
In federal systems like Canada’s – where power, authority, and responsibility are divided and/or shared between multiple orders of government......