All posts tagged "cross departmental"
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Always a fresh crisis: building a resilient civil service
Even in the depths of a major crisis, national governments must keep watching the horizon for the next looming threat. At the 2021 Global Government Summit, top officials from 13
- Posted May 23, 2021
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Remote but together: the future of work in the civil service
Requiring civil servants to work from home, the pandemic is set to boost existing moves to disperse officials away from expensive Whitehall property. But the relocation and Levelling Up agendas
- Posted May 5, 2021
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Singapore chief on the biggest challenges facing civil servants: learning pace and earning faith
Many civil servants responded to the pandemic with enormous speed and innovation – and their populations noticed, said Singapore Civil Service Head Leo Yip at the opening session of the
- Posted April 21, 2021
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How to embed the agility and pace seen during the pandemic response in governments
At a recent webinar, senior civil servants from the UK, Canada and Finland discussed where operational cultures could change after the pandemic, and where there could be a reversion to
- Posted March 3, 2021
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Public leaders share their top priorities for civil service reform
From training to remuneration and culture change, senior officials from across the world discuss what’s on their agenda for change over the coming year This year was no ordinary year,
- Posted December 8, 2020
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Civil service transformers: adapting to a changing world
In a world of ever-quickening change, civil services must constantly transform themselves – adapting their structures and operations to meet the public’s fast-changing needs. At this GGF webinar, the civil
- Posted October 7, 2020
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The science of systems: an interview with Stephen Lucas, Canada’s health chief
The pandemic has given scientists a key role in shaping policies; but scientific methods, says Health Canada deputy minister Stephen Lucas, are just as helpful in managing systems. The former
- Posted September 22, 2020
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Managing a distributed workforce now and beyond COVID-19
Earlier this year, civil services worldwide found themselves having to transition thousands of employees to working remotely, often with just a few days’ notice. And as panellists explained during a
- Posted August 11, 2020
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New Zealand enshrines civil service principles in law
New Zealand has passed a new “citizen focused” public service legislation bill which aims to encourage collaborative working to help tackle the country’s most pressing challenges. Minister of state services
- Posted July 27, 2020
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New Zealand on the verge of major public service reform
A new bill brought to New Zealand’s parliament is to pave the way for the “most significant change in the public service in 30 years”, enabling government to more effectively
- Posted November 27, 2019