Public Sector Network

Corporate & Shared Services

Revamping the Roadmap to a Smarter and Resilient Shared Service Model

Government services are made up of different departments and agencies all working towards a common cause. Many of the institutions often feel siloed and independent, yet as Paul Glover, the President of Shared Services Canada says, any service that you interact with in the federal government, if it's digital in some way, then Shared Services Canada (SSC) has something to do with it. They make government services run and in the process, link many of the departments and agencies. We essentially provide IT and technology-based services to all federal departments and agencies. This includes networks, hardware and software. The individual …

8 December 2022 Article Public

Revamping the Roadmap to a Smarter and Resilient Shared Service Model

Kelly Zheng

Smart Cities & Infrastructure

Ensuring Investments in Smart Infrastructure Deliver Maximum Value to Citizens

The pace of technology in our modern world means that organizations at all levels and in all sectors constantly need to move forward or they will be left behind. This is particularly true in the public sector and at the municipal government level. It is often said that municipal governments are closest to the people, but in order for that to be all the more accurate, municipal governments need to embrace the technological advancements that so many of their citizens are engaged in daily. Many of them do that and do it very well. But in a broad sense it …

7 December 2022 Article Public

Ensuring Investments in Smart Infrastructure Deliver Maximum Value to Citizens

Kelly Zheng

HR & Future of Work

Challenging Bias and Barriers & How to Champion for Change and Become a Better Ally in the Workplace

When is the right time to step up? Lena Metlege Diab says that if you were to sit and think about when is the right time to have a baby, many of us may never find the right time for it. We may never be ready. But sometimes you just need to take the plunge and hopefully it turns out good on the other side. The same is true for women’s advocacy, whether it’s politics or leadership roles, particularly if we have a drive for it. The biggest inhibiting factor is self-belief. As a woman, when you speak out, you …

6 December 2022 Article Public

Challenging Bias and Barriers & How to Champion for Change and Become a Better Ally in the Workplace

Madeson Darcy

Innovation & IT

Building Digital Talent Across Government Teams

We live in a world these days where almost every service has a digital component, and that is as true in the private sector as it is in the public sector. For instance, no agency, department or company is legitimate without a website, though an information-only website it not sufficient; it needs to be a portal for interaction and service provision. Hillary Hartley, the Deputy Minister and Chief Digital and Data Officer at the Ontario Digital Service, which is part of the Ministry of Finance, says that the digitization of society means that the public expects to be able to …

6 December 2022 Article Public

Building Digital Talent Across Government Teams

Madeson Darcy

Corporate & Shared Services

Strategy and Outcomes Planning

Outcomes Planning and Strategy execution at each branch of the public sector, whilst global best practise, is proving difficult stay on top off, difficult to deploy and is challenging traditional lines of structure and ways of working and triggering cultural resistance. Outcomes planning and program methodology is yet to be mastered as a way of working. Etvia, specialists in strategy execution, have researched this challenge for two years and designed and built the first integrated people, process and technology solution in the world. Our patented Strategy/Outcomes Plan management system is a single point of reference for managing the process from …

6 December 2022 Whitepaper Public

Janet Hunter

HR & Future of Work

How to Encourage Talent Development, Training and Upskilling for Women within Public Sector

Not all women are born feminists. Maureen Towle, the Assistant Deputy Minister for Service Alberta Data, Information and Privacy Services Division within the Government of Alberta, says that for a long time she didn’t support days focused on women or the issues that feminism represented. In part this may be because for most of her childhood, she didn’t notice the little things that other women did, though they were there. On top of that, for her career before politics, she worked in female dominated disciplines, mostly in admin support, with many women, so the issues around feminism were not as …

5 December 2022 Article Public

How to Encourage Talent Development, Training and Upskilling for Women within Public Sector

Madeson Darcy

Local Government

Marketing and Communications for Municipalities

Most organizations, especially in the public sector, are constantly looking to improve their marketing and communications in order to better connect with their constituents. This is especially the case in the local government sector. Municipalities work locally and therefore want their messages to resonate with their residents. But given the constant barrage of news and information, it is often hard to create messages that have meaning. Partly for that reason, Edmonton Global was created in Alberta in early 2019. Chris McLeod MBA, the Vice President of Global Marketing & Communications, says that they are an economic development organization that focuses …

30 November 2022 Article Public

Marketing and Communications for Municipalities

Madeson Darcy

Local Government

Local Government Digital Transformation

The challenges of the last two years have shone a light on some of the broader issues across society. In the local government context, this has included the need for greater collaboration, and better use of existing and new technology. In fact, those councils that have been able to adapt to the barriers that have been placed in front of them by making better use of technology have been able to survive and even thrive during this period. Some councils and local government organizations have even been able to share their knowledge with others and work collaboratively in order to …

25 November 2022 Article Public

Madeson Darcy

Recommendations

NSW Department of Education Strategic Plan 2018-2022

Heather Dailey Infographic 10 Dec 2019

How can we Change the Perception of Governance and Risk Management?

Neb Hamoo Infographic 17 Jun 2021

National Research Council Departmental Plan 2019-20 to 2023-24

Heather Dailey Infographic 11 Feb 2020

Investing in the Middle Class: Budget 2019

Heather Dailey Whitepaper 26 Nov 2019

The NHS Longterm Plan

Heather Dailey Whitepaper 10 Feb 2020