Category Archives: Positive Change

On Engagement & Collaboration

Posted on October 3, 2021 by Thom Kearney

Some potentially useful resources on the topics of engagement and collaboration in an enterprise government context. Continue reading →

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PROTECT THE DEVIANTS!

Posted on December 1, 2018 by Thom Kearney

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 Thom Kearney

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 Thom Kearney

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

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Government as a platform eh?

Posted on June 18, 2016 by Thom Kearney

I came across this draft post from when I attended the 2009 Gov2.0 Summit in Washington.  It was just after Obama became President and the excitement in the air was like that in Ottawa recently with our new Prime Minister.  Reading it … Continue reading →

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

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Thom Kearney

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 Thom Kearney

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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Three words for the season

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Thom Kearney

This holiday season I would like to share a song with you from a band that my teenage son introduced to me to. It is certainly not a Christmas song, but I think the sentiment is one that is appropriate. … Continue reading →

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Colour me naive

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Thom Kearney

This post originally appeared on the Canadian Government Executive Blog September 17,2013 You know, I have been around long enough to know better, but still choose to believe in stuff like Blueprint 2020, because change can’t happen unless we believe … Continue reading →

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Would you attend a Chatham House party for Blueprint 2020?

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Thom Kearney

UPDATE, August 1, 2013 A total of 36 people signed up for invitations. We are now coordinating times and such. The next update will be a blog post after the event is held. UPDATE, July 29, 2013 We have reached … Continue reading →

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