All posts tagged "culture"

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  Fixing Phoenix and government delivery culture: Five minutes with Alex Benay, Public Services and Procurement Canada

  This interview with Alex Benay, associate deputy minister at Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), is part of a ‘Five minutes’ series featuring speakers from AccelerateGOV, taking place in Ottawa on

  • Posted October 4, 2024
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  Risk versus reward: why the public sector should fail more often

  At Innovation 2020, senior leaders discussed the opportunities and challenges associated with commissioning and deploying new technologies. Governments’ risk-averse cultures are a barrier to developing public services, they agreed –

  • Posted December 11, 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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  Change or be changed, Singapore civil service chief tells workforce

  The head of Singapore’s civil service, Leo Yip, has called on his colleagues to come together as “one public service” and to push ahead with the Public Sector Transformation (PST)

  • Posted January 27, 2020
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  Case study: driving culture change at the Crown Commercial Service

  “Our vision is to put finance at the heart of decision making – driving the agenda, not just keeping score”, head of the UK government finance function, Mike Driver, said

  • Posted January 23, 2020
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  UK’s culture department takes data policy from embattled GDS

  On Easter Sunday, the UK prime minister gave the culture department control of data policy. The move further weakens the once-pioneering Government Digital Service, whose ‘spend control’ financial levers are

  • Posted April 4, 2018
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  Civil services are making progress on gender diversity – but those gains are under threat

  The Women Leaders Index shows that most G20 countries are improving gender equality amongst civil service leaders. But speakers at the Index’s formal launch warned of the ever-louder voices of

  • Posted December 14, 2017
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  Canadian leaders told to bring on the next generation

  The head of Canada’s federal public service has called on its senior managers to provide better support for student entrants and early career civil servants. Michael Wernick, clerk of the

  • Posted November 9, 2017
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  France seeks to unite UNESCO after US and Israel quit

  Former French culture minister Audrey Azoulay has pledged to reform and strengthen the United Nations’ cultural organisation, after she was named as its new chief in a politically-charged contest. Azoulay

  • Posted October 19, 2017
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  Scott Brison expands on Canada’s plan to adopt ‘results and delivery approach’

  The minister responsible for Canada’s public service has expanded on the government’s plan to create a culture focused on results and delivery in a speech to senior officials. Canada’s new

  • Posted June 6, 2016
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