Canadian Government Executive Radio

In this exciting episode of CGE Radio, J. Richard Jones gets an update from Canadian Government Executive Deputy Editor, Dr. Lori Turnbull on the coming federal budget and gets into some discussion about the Supply and Confidence Agreement between the NDP and Liberal Parties.

In the second half of the show, J. Richard Jones has on insightful discussion with Sandy Watts, Industry Manager for Public Health at Esri Canada. Mr. Watts utilizes GIS (Geographic Information System Mapping) and geospatial technology extensively in his public health work. He makes the argument that there is a crucial need for more standardized data collection and management in the field to serve citizens better.

In this episode:

• The non-traditional factors affecting the federal budget
• How NDP and Liberal party cooperation works and what it means for the Conservatives
• How GIS is being used to make efficiency improvements in the Canadian public health sector
• GIS in the public health success stories
• Building public confidence and trust via data sharing
• How the pandemic has pushed public health data infrastructure forward
• And much, much more.

In this exciting episode of CGE Radio, J. Richard Jones gets an update from Canadian Government Executive Deputy Editor, Dr. Lori Turnbull on the coming federal budget and gets into some discussion about the Supply and Confidence Agreement between the NDP and Liberal Parties.

In the second half of the show, J. Richard Jones has on insightful discussion with Sandy Watts, Industry Manager for Public Health at Esri Canada. Mr. Watts utilizes GIS (Geographic Information System Mapping) and geospatial technology extensively in his public health work. He makes the argument that there is a crucial need for more standardized data collection and management in the field to serve citizens better.

In this episode:

• The non-traditional factors affecting the federal budget
• How NDP and Liberal party cooperation works and what it means for the Conservatives
• How GIS is being used to make efficiency improvements in the Canadian public health sector
• GIS in the public health success stories
• Building public confidence and trust via data sharing
• How the pandemic has pushed public health data infrastructure forward
• And much, much more.

In this episode of CGE Radio, J. Richard Jones discusses the elements needed to support Canada’s digital economy through intelligent data centre design. We could not have weathered Covid-19 as successfully as we did without embracing digital transformation. The pandemic put technology trends and innovation already in place, “into high gear.” In turn, this has made Canada more competitive and is helping both public sector and private sector to drive efficiency. Tune in as J. Richard chats with special guest Frank Panza, Director, Business Development & Strategy, Secure Power Division, Schneider Electric Canada to discuss the challenges, opportunities and future of Canada’s digital economy.

In this episode:

1. Advantages offered by a digital economy and the importance to Canada
2. Predicting what Canada’s digital economy will look like in five years time
3. How the pandemic accelerated trends towards digital transformation
4. Our reliance on connected devices, what does this mean for infrastructure like data centres
5. Designing data centres for the future and the factors involved
6. And more!

Read the white paper: Guide to Environmental Sustainability Metrics for Data Centers

In this episode of CGE Radio, J. Richard Jones discusses the elements needed to support Canada’s digital economy through intelligent data centre design. We could not have weathered Covid-19 as successfully as we did without embracing digital transformation. The pandemic put technology trends and innovation already in place, “into high gear.” In turn, this has made Canada more competitive and is helping both public sector and private sector to drive efficiency. Tune in as J. Richard chats with special guest Frank Panza, Director, Business Development & Strategy, Secure Power Division, Schneider Electric Canada to discuss the challenges, opportunities and future of Canada’s digital economy.

In this episode:

1. Advantages offered by a digital economy and the importance to Canada
2. Predicting what Canada’s digital economy will look like in five years time
3. How the pandemic accelerated trends towards digital transformation
4. Our reliance on connected devices, what does this mean for infrastructure like data centres
5. Designing data centres for the future and the factors involved
6. And more!

Read the white paper: Guide to Environmental Sustainability Metrics for Data Centers

In this episode of CGE Radio, J. Richard Jones discusses the elements needed to support Canada’s digital economy through intelligent data centre design. We could not have weathered Covid-19 as successfully as we did without embracing digital transformation. The pandemic put technology trends and innovation already in place, “into high gear.” In turn, this has made Canada more competitive and is helping both public sector and private sector to drive efficiency. Tune in as J. Richard chats with special guest Frank Panza, Director, Business Development & Strategy, Secure Power Division, Schneider Electric Canada to discuss the challenges, opportunities and future of Canada’s digital economy.

In this episode:

1. Advantages offered by a digital economy and the importance to Canada
2. Predicting what Canada’s digital economy will look like in five years time
3. How the pandemic accelerated trends towards digital transformation
4. Our reliance on connected devices, what does this mean for infrastructure like data centres
5. Designing data centres for the future and the factors involved
6. And more!

Read the white paper: Guide to Environmental Sustainability Metrics for Data Centers

In this episode of CGE Radio, J. Richard Jones chats with Dr. Jeffrey Roy, School of Public Administration, Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University about his most recent report COVID-19, DIGITIZATION & HYBRID WORKSPACES: Implications and Opportunities for Public Sector Organizations.

In this episode:

• Examining the hybrid workforce & workplace strategies
• Implications and opportunities for public sector organizations
• Hybrid themes and methodology
• Innovative workspace redesign, 3 design principles
• The future of hybrid strategies and so much more!

In this episode of CGE Radio, J. Richard Jones chats with Dr. Jeffrey Roy, School of Public Administration, Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University about his most recent report COVID-19, DIGITIZATION & HYBRID WORKSPACES: Implications and Opportunities for Public Sector Organizations.

In this episode:

• Examining the hybrid workforce & workplace strategies
• Implications and opportunities for public sector organizations
• Hybrid themes and methodology
• Innovative workspace redesign, 3 design principles
• The future of hybrid strategies and so much more!

In this episode of CGE Radio, J. Richard Jones chats with Dr. Jeffrey Roy, School of Public Administration, Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University about his most recent report COVID-19, DIGITIZATION & HYBRID WORKSPACES: Implications and Opportunities for Public Sector Organizations.

In this episode:

• Examining the hybrid workforce & workplace strategies
• Implications and opportunities for public sector organizations
• Hybrid themes and methodology
• Innovative workspace redesign, 3 design principles
• The future of hybrid strategies and so much more!

Tune in to the CGE Weekly podcast. (CWP) Hosted by J. Richard Jones, CWP provides public sector executives with the latest insights and information on leadership, management, and technology. Each week, J. Richard Jones and Deputy Editor, Lori Turnbull discuss news, opinion as well as topics designed to help public sector executives to do their jobs better. In addition, special industry guests and so much more!

In this episode, Lori Turnbull and J. Richard Jones discuss:

• The Prime Ministers emergency meeting
• Challenges of the office
• Communication & the convoy protest
• A shift in the conservative party
• Contenders for the leadership race
• Provincially speaking

To submit topics and ideas, write to us at: editorialteam@promotivemedia.ca

For advertising inquiries contact: Mr. David Blondeau: david@promotivemedia.ca

Follow us on:  LinkedIn and Twitter

Tune in to the CGE Weekly podcast. (CWP) Hosted by J. Richard Jones, CWP provides public sector executives with the latest insights and information on leadership, management, and technology. Each week, J. Richard Jones and Deputy Editor, Lori Turnbull discuss news, opinion as well as topics designed to help public sector executives to do their jobs better. In addition, special industry guests and so much more!

Episode 4:

• A shift in the conservative party
• Challenges of an interim leader
• The next Federal election?
• What the CGE team is working on?

To submit topics and ideas, write to us at: editorialteam@promotivemedia.ca

For advertising inquiries contact: Mr. David Blondeau: david@promotivemedia.ca

Follow us on:  LinkedIn and Twitter

Welcome to the inaugural edition of CGE Weekly, designed for Canadian public sector executives who wish to have the latest insights and information on leadership, management and technology. Each week host J. Richard Jones and Deputy Editor, Lori Turnbul provide insightful commentary, opinions and special guests who help todays public sector executive to do their jobs better. And on the lighter side, CGE Weekly provides news and information on lifestyle and health from industry experts.

In this episode:

• The freedom convoy. The pro's, the con's, effect of logistics, results of the protest
• Podcast round up. A discussion about the recent CGE radio, podcasts
• Will there be a provincial election in June. Thoughts and Insights
• The DX summit & the future of events
• Health talk with Shawn Nisbet. Do diets work?
• And so much more!

Welcome to the inaugural edition of CGE Weekly, designed for Canadian public sector executives who wish to have the latest insights and information on leadership, management and technology. Each week host J. Richard Jones and Deputy Editor, Lori Turnbul provide insightful commentary, opinions and special guests who help todays public sector executive to do their jobs better. And on the lighter side, CGE Weekly provides news and information on lifestyle and health from industry experts.

In this episode:

• The freedom convoy. The pro's, the con's, effect of logistics, results of the protest
• Podcast round up. A discussion about the recent CGE radio, podcasts
• Will there be a provincial election in June. Thoughts and Insights
• The DX summit & the future of events
• Health talk with Shawn Nisbet. Do diets work?
• And so much more!

In this episode of CGE radio, our special guests discuss how they leveraged technology and a co-creation approach at the IBM Client Innovation Centre to build a platform to manage information for Afghan refugees trying to come to Canada. This initiative was led by Aman Lara in close collaboration with partner NGOs Afghan Canadian Interpreters and Building Markets. Tune in as Deputy Editor, Lori Turnbull, takes our listenership on a very special journey. Listen in as Lori unwraps the story with special guest Eleanor Taylor OMM, MSM, CD, Eleanor Taylor Consulting, Arjun Grewal, President, One9 Capability Labs and Ali Shakil, Partner IBM consulting.  You’ll be moved as they tell a very important story about the challenges the NGOs faced processing information for the Afghan refugees. They talk about the approach, the technologies needed, and the skills and expertise leveraged to have success.  And what’s next?

Say “smart cities” and most people think technology—sensors, networks, data, the Internet of Things. We need to think people. Technology can help our cities deliver services more efficiently, future-proof assets, and boost transparency, making cities—and citizens—vibrant, healthy, and resilient. The approach to smart planning and design isn’t just to implement the latest tech trend, but to understand the needs of your community and identify the right solutions to achieve your goals.

In this episode of the CGE, J. Richard Jones discusses the solutions with Nancy MacDonald, Vice President of Urban Places and Anton Germishuizen, Senior Vice President, Business Leader at Buildings.

In this episode of CGE Radio, we are pleased to welcome Mr. Michael Wernick, senior strategic advisor at MNP and adjunct Professor at Carleton University. Of course, Michael is no stranger to our listeners; he was Clerk of the Privy Council from 2016-2019 and, before that, held a number of leadership positions during his 38-year public service career.

Michael talks to us about his recent book, Governing Canada: A Guide to the Tradecraft of Politics.  In its pages, Michael offers strategic advice to future prime ministers, ministers, and deputy ministers, based on his observations from a most unique vantage point as the Clerk. He expands on this work in his conversation with us, and talks to us about how the role of the Clerk, the budget process, and expectations of government have evolved over time. He also shares some thoughts about what he might write next. Please give it a listen!

In this episode of CGE Radio, J. Richard Jones and guest host deputy editor Lori Turnball chat with Dave McCann, Managing Partner and Canadian Leader, IBM Consulting, and Director, LGS Group about the Client Innovation Centre for Cloud Modernization. Organizations across public sector are making the journey to the cloud. Tune in as they discuss why cloud is so important and what Canadians have come to expect from the government when it comes to delivering digital services.

CIOs are under pressure to meet all these expectations, but they often find that a step forward in one area results in a step backward in another. Public cloud services will provide several benefits including service performance, security, innovation, agility, and elasticity. 

Learn more as CGE Radio discusses IBM’s Cloud Modernization Centre and why the urgency? As well as challenges within the public sector and how the IBM Cloud Modernization center can benefit both public sector as well as citizens. 

About:
IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market-leading capabilities in business and technology. With 140,000+ skilled professionals in 150+ countries, the full breadth of IBM Consulting services includes strategy, experience, business process design and operations, data and analytics, systems integration, application modernization, hybrid cloud management and application operations.

Digital transformation is accelerating with key shifts such as the expanding Hybrid Workforce and the continued migration of applications and data to the cloud. As we make this transformation, Information Security teams have the opportunity to adopt a modern Zero Trust approach that fits these significant shifts. This means taking Zero Trust principles, making them actionable across users, applications and infrastructure, and effectively rebuilding security to keep pace with these tectonic shifts.

Joining us today to talk more about Zero Trust is Paul Kaspian, Principal Product Marketing Manager at Palo Alto Networks. Paul specializes in Zero Trust and is knowledgeable about this modern security methodology, which can help organizations secure their digital transformation. Paul brings close to 20 years of experience in product management and product marketing where prior to joining Palo Alto Networks, he held strategic positions at Aruba Networks, IBM Security, Watchfire, and Checkpoint Software Technologies.

Since joining Palo Alto Networks, Paul has worked extensively with customers, sales teams and internal research and development teams to educate the market on the latest emerging threats, their potential impact to organizations, and ways of significantly reducing risk through a Zero Trust approach to security.

In this episode of CGE Radio, hear about digitizing government payments. Robert Hyde, CEO at Payment Source and Jennifer Tramontana, Executive Director at CPPO talk about financial inclusion and payment methods and trends of the prepaid industry in Canada.

Robert Hyde has over 20 years of experience delivering technology-based solutions and digital strategy to a variety of firms. He is a skilled executive business leader who works collaboratively with clients, colleagues and partners to deliver progressive, multi-disciplinary solutions to business problems. Over his career, Robert has worked as a project manager, sales & marketing professional, strategy consultant and technologist.

Jennifer Tramontana is the President and Founder of The Fletcher Group, a North American PR and content marketing agency that drives action and long-term impact for B2B, fintech and payments companies. She is also the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Canadian Prepaid Providers Organization (CPPO), the collective voice of the prepaid technology industry in Canada.

Hear about the current state of the prepaid industry in Canada and how it is supporting financial inclusion, how newer payment solutions can impact financial inclusion, how Canada compares with the rest of the world in terms of digital distribution of payments, emerging digital payments in government, and what’s next for the industry.

In this episode of CGE Radio, we catch up with Sir Michael Barber to discuss his new book, the state of politics, and the dynamics of tackling the tough stuff and getting it done. Hear about the complexities of identifying priorities in a context in which everything can seem urgent, the importance of leadership in politics and government, and the daunting task of setting long-terms goals despite short-term electoral cycles.

About Sir Michael Barber’s new book - Accomplishment

Michael Barber has spent many years advising governments, businesses, and major sporting teams around the world on how to achieve ambitious goals on time. In this inspiring and practical guide, he applies the wisdom he has gained from dealing with large, complex organizations and elite athletes to help anyone tackle their most challenging goals.

Drawing on the stories of historic visionaries and modern heroes - from Galileo to Rosa Parks, Harold Macmillan to Paula Radcliffe - Barber uses personal anecdotes and proven strategy to map the route to success and navigate the difficulties that arise along the way.

Whatever it is that you aspire to do - run a marathon, transform a school or provide a business of public service to millions - this book will inspire you to get going and to bridge the gap between hope and reality.

You can find his book on Amazon - Accomplishment: How to Achieve Ambitious and Challenging Things: Barber, Michael: 9780241409916: Books - Amazon.ca.

In this episode, we will get into work integrated learning. We will talk about what works and what doesn’t and delve into Riipen, North America’s largest marketplace for work-integrated learning. We will see how Riipen is working with academic and employer partners to address underemployment and disruption and how it is hoping to impact the future of learning and work in Canada.

Joining us today to talk about work-integrated learning is Dana Stephenson, Co-founder and CEO of Riipen. Dana is passionate about lifelong learning. He started his entrepreneurial journey when he made it his mission to eliminate underemployment through experiential learning.