The Atlantic published a great piece last week by Eric Garland entitled Peak Intel: How So-Called Strategic Intelligence Actually Makes Us Dumber, here’s a particularly powerful excerpt: “Hierarchical organizations have a very different logic than smaller firms. In less consolidated industries, success and failure are largely the result of the decisions you make, so intelligenceRead… Read more »
Hi Everyone, I just wanted to take a minute to put an upcoming event in Ottawa on your radar. Indochino, a (Canadian!) custom menswear company is coming to Ottawa next week as part of its Travelling Tailor promotion and from what I’ve heard from friends in Vancouver and Calgary this is like the Apple StoreRead… Read more »
I decided I was going to read a book a week for a year, here’s a quick review of this week’s book. You can see the ongoing list here. Basic Info Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon Why I bought it I was getting tired ofRead… Read more »
Information wants to be free may be a slogan that is en vogue with technology activists but it is also a slogan that diametrically opposed to how bureaucracy actually works. Le triangle des bermudes On the Internet information is omnidirectional; it is easy to find, verify and re-purpose. Whereas in the bureaucracy, information is atRead… Read more »
Hi Everyone, I have a small favour to ask you. I’ve started to work informally with a small Startup based in Waterloo. We are developing a product that helps people turn their digital social media footprint into a weekly mail out to family, friends, and/or stakeholders. We’ve reached the point where we need some betaRead… Read more »
I decided I was going to read a book a week for a year, here’s a quick review of this week’s book. You can see the ongoing list here. Basic Info Bureaucratically Incorrect: Letters to a Young Public Servant by Bob Chartier Why I bought it Although I had been looking for this book forRead… Read more »
Hi Everyone, The last two weeks have been pretty hectic, while budgets were tabled and bureaucrats tasked with sorting it out, I’ve spent a considerable amount of time dealing with things a little closer to home. It’s funny how family issues focus you on that which is most important to you. While I choose toRead… Read more »
I know I’m a day early, but I couldn’t resist given that the (Canadian) Federal budget drops today. If you are a federal public servant you may want to consider following 8 simple rules of Budget Time: 1ST RULE: You do not talk about the budget. 2ND RULE: You DO NOT talk about the budget.Read… Read more »
I decided I was going to read a book a week for a year, here’s a quick review of this weeks book. You can see the ongoing list here. Basic Info A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future Why I bought it I love Dan Pink, I find his blog insightful, heRead… Read more »
I’ve been thinking a lot this week about how organizations issue policies to govern the use of new and emerging technologies. Here’s what I’ve found: Mapping Internal Policy to the Hype Cycle View more presentations from Nicholas Charney Originally published by Nick Charney at cpsrenewal.ca subscribe/connect