Learning catalogue

In this episode, Paul Dorion speaks to Joel Fisher and Sharon Burnett about a bid-rigging investigation currently under way. They also talk about ways to detect and prevent bid rigging from happening in the first place.

Mikk Vainik, head of Accelerate Estonia, discusses the Estonian and Global "Hack the Crisis" initiatives he helped lead, and speaks to how collaboration led to their success.

The Government of Canada pivoted quickly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. From coast to coast to coast, executives led their teams in transitioning to home offices while continuing to serve Canadians and adapt to the national lockdown.

Networking. Intimidating and dreaded by many, this professional activity is vital to increasing your knowledge and maintaining your relationships.

You love your job as an executive, but it's not always easy. You do your best to balance your personal life with your professional role. When stress arises, you strive to remain calm and behave in an authentic way while staying open to the world.

Hear from David Conabree, Director General of Employment Programs at the Canada Revenue Agency, about ways to simplify the red tape of government bureaucracy so that you can better navigate the sometimes-rigid system to offer ideas and solutions.

As an executive, you may be afraid to take risks and make mistakes that might damage your career. But everyone makes mistakes. What's important is knowing how you can innovate and experiment despite the possibility of failure.

How does being a director differ from being a director general or an assistant deputy minister? How do you know when you are ready to move to the next level?

As an executive, it is not always easy to speak truth to power. Sometimes, you may be concerned that sharing difficult news might have a negative impact on your career.

As executives, we encounter ethical dilemmas in our professional life almost every day. Some ethical questions have quick and straightforward answers and a clear right and wrong. But sometimes, challenges do not align with our personal values and our responsibilities as public servants.

Surge teams are the groups of employees who tackle the priority initiatives that deputy ministers and other senior government officials identify. In this episode of Innovate on Demand, Joyce Silver, a member of the School's surge team, discusses the nature of this dynamic work and how to find the right people to perform on such teams.

The current hiring process in the public service uses specific keywords to map out education, skills and experience onto a defined list of essential and merit criteria. On this episode of Innovate on Demand, Free Agent Étienne Laliberté discusses the idea of assessing applicants against a set of behavioural characteristics, a practice known as "predictive hiring." Listen now.