All posts tagged "Michael Wernick"
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‘There’s a sense parts of the public sector are not working as well as they did’: how can governments become more responsive to citizen needs?The 2023 Responsive Government Survey reveals that public servants’ confidence in their ability to respond to the changing needs of citizens is lower now than in 2021. What can be
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Letter from Ottawa: Strikes and other storm clouds are on the horizon for Canada’s public serviceFrom possible strike action by public servants to renewed discussion about the size of the state, the Canadian government is facing a number of questions this spring, says Michael Wernick
- Posted April 17, 2023
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Canadian government readies return-to-office mandate in effort to codify hybrid work modelThe Canadian federal government will soon require public servants to work from the office at least two to three days a week. The mandate outlining the new arrangement is expected
- Posted January 11, 2023
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Letter from Ottawa: an exhausting year shows the limits of foresight and the comfort of hindsightAccountability in government is important – but hindsight must be used to help build resilience and capacity in the public sector, not make politicians and public servants even more risk
- Posted December 13, 2022
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Letter from Ottawa: the changing of the seasons – and erasPolitics is gearing up again in Canada as summer turns to autumn. Michael Wernick, the former clerk of the privy council and secretary to cabinet, sets out the stakes in
- Posted September 20, 2022
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Letter from Ottawa: a little perspective on public service problemsPassport processing delays have prompted debate about service delivery in Canada. Michael Wernick, the country’s former cabinet secretary, warns against catastrophising – and says old ways of talking about the
- Posted July 18, 2022
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Taking the good with the bad: listen to GGF’s latest Leading Questions podcast with Canada’s former cabinet secretary, Michael WernickGlobal Government Forum has gone live with the latest episode of its Leading Questions podcast, featuring former clerk of the Privy Council of Canada and secretary to the Cabinet, Michael
- Posted June 23, 2022
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Fit to lead: how to tackle the COVID assault courseThe pandemic has presented civil service leaders with huge challenges – but it has also provided “the best leadership development and identification exercise there ever was”. At the 2022 Global
- Posted April 24, 2022
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Letter from Ottawa: After a winter of shocks, Canada’s Budget is the latest sign of stabilityA political agreement that increased the durability of the government and a Budget that that launched a number of policy reviews indicate that the government in Ottawa is trying to
- Posted April 11, 2022
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Letter from Ottawa: now is the winter of our discontent
Opinion: the ongoing truckers’ protests against COVID-19 restrictions in Canada could be taken as a worrying sign of polarisation. But as Michael Wernick, former clerk of the Privy Council writes,
- Posted February 7, 2022
