Category Archives: Culture

PROTECT THE DEVIANTS!

Posted on December 1, 2018 by

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 →

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The Crowded Boardroom: When the long tail collides with hierarchy – a true story.

Posted on August 26, 2018 by

This not a random picture, it is how I envision the government. Each ship is a department or agency. The ships have commanders with considerable authority. Communication at a distance is very bad, (they did it with flags). Groups of … Continue reading →

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The sausage and the salad

Posted on February 11, 2018 by

Traditional government policy results in sausages. Open policy making produces salads. Continue reading →

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No one cares about open government

Posted on March 26, 2017 by

Open government is one of those terms that has different meanings depending upon your perspective.You might feel it is mostly about open data, or making information freely available, or you might think it is about engaging with constituents. In 2014 … Continue reading →

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So what’s with the ducks?

Posted on February 25, 2017 by

  Those of you that have been to my office know that I seem to have an obsession with ducks, particularly the bathtub kind. My collection of rubber, plastic, glass and paper ducks was mostly accumulated a few years ago … Continue reading →

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You can change culture now: 3 essential truths for public service leaders

Posted on February 20, 2016 by

Three profound truths that I discovered at a red light one day… Continue reading →

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Good enough, is.

Posted on July 27, 2014 by

I have worked with government now for about 15 years and somewhere in that period I became infected with Public Service Renewal disease.  I call it that because that was I how I first learned to articulate it. But you … Continue reading →

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