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Open Data and Emergencies 27 Aug 2013 | 04:51 pm
George Wenzel, @georgewenzel I never understood the value of open data until I found a practical use for it in my own life. I thought it’d be neat to receive text messages for weather alerts. I did s...
Building the Culture: Using The Dragon’s Den Approach to Changing an Organization 21 Aug 2013 | 07:16 pm
Tanya Twynstra, @tantwy Two years ago the BC government tried something a little different. It became fondly known as the Dragon’s Den. It’s started with the thesis that we needed to scale the suppo...
Agile Government: We’re All on the Same Team 15 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
@erin_gee I tend to keep my finger tightly on the pulse of the GTEC social media accounts. After seeing some of the discussion around the lack of “agile” in the blog posts, I thought it would be usef...
Agile Government: It’s About Creating the Best Outcomes 8 Aug 2013 | 09:27 pm
Joshua Belinko, @joshyb_uc I recently met with a colleague to discuss GTEC 2013, and we had a side discussion about this year’s theme. She wondered when someone would write something about agile gove...
Scratching the Surface of Agile Government 31 Jul 2013 | 04:48 pm
Kent Aitken, @kentdaitken Since we set the direction for GTEC around the idea of agile government, I’ve been rolling the concept around in my head, trying to decide what it meant. On the surface, it ...
Unwritten rules that should be written down 24 Jul 2013 | 08:52 pm
Jennifer Hollington, @jenholl The thing about unwritten rules is that they’re not universally understood. What’s an unwritten rule for me might not be for you. This can lead to conflict if I think a ...
Reflection and Anticipation 17 Jul 2013 | 08:28 pm
Jodi LeBlanc, @jodilynne3 It is hard to believe this will be my sixth year attending GTEC. In the beginning I found it to be an excellent fit when I worked in IT and IM, but then three years later I ...
“It’s Just Work” – You’re Doing it Wrong 10 Jul 2013 | 06:59 pm
Mary Wu, @marydotwu Eight years ago, I was in my third year of university, and about to embark on a temporary move from Vancouver to Ottawa for my very first co-op term with the federal government. M...
Mobile as a metaphor in our search for an agile government 3 Jul 2013 | 07:45 pm
Tariq Piracha, @TariqPiracha In my 10+ years in government, change management has been a common theme because change, perhaps ironically, has been the one constant. We public servants are good at som...
We all have defining moments 26 Jun 2013 | 06:06 pm
Nicholas Charney, @nickcharney Mine happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. I was in university at the time, working as a front desk agent for a hotel here in Ottawa. I spent a number of...
