Author Archives: Thom Kearney

About Thom Kearney

Change agent, teacher, arts, science, open government, father, mentor, storyteller, husband, dog owner,collaborator, not necessarily in that order.

The story of Harvey

Posted on May 10, 2019

This is a hard story to tell. A few days ago we picked up an 8 week old golden retriever and we called him Harvey. He was coming home to us two other dogs, one of whom you may know … Continue reading →

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Guest speakers wanted – 2019

Posted on December 20, 2018

Have a story to tell? From January to March I teach a course entitled Professional Practice, which is part of the Advertising and Marketing Communications Management Program at Algonquin College. This is a program that I graduated from when typewriters … Continue reading →

Posted in ADV1691 PP, Learning, Marketing & Communication | Leave a comment

PROTECT THE DEVIANTS!

Posted on December 1, 2018

I was a “risky” hire.  Not quite cut from the same cloth. A slightly irregular education. A different sort of professional background. An advocate for better, maybe not anonymous enough…someone with an opinion. The system, like any mature system, naturally … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Leadership, Positive Change, Rant, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Conference report – culture, SNA and failure

Posted on November 21, 2018

Yesterday I was part of a panel at the Conference Board event on Public Service Transformation with Virginie Carrier, Senior Strategist, Future Workforce Strategies, DND, and Teresa D’Andrea, Director, GC Digital Exchange, Office of the Chief Information Officer of Canada, … Continue reading →

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Collaboration eh? 

Posted on November 7, 2018

In honour of the FWD50 conference taking place in Ottawa this week, here is a post that seems relevant to the conference theme of “Use technology to make society better for all”. It is a post about yesterday, today and … Continue reading →

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Service & Program people can I buy you a coffee?

Posted on September 7, 2018

This post is directed to those of you that identify as a service or program person working in government. Not too long ago I moved from Open Government Engagement to take on the role of Lead for Learning in Policy … Continue reading →

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GSRM for Digital Service Delivery?

Posted on August 30, 2018

This is a quick post to share some work that was done by the Enterprise Architecture Division of the Chief Information Branch of the Government of Canada back in 2006. I became aware of it at a conference entitled Transforming … Continue reading →

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