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Tips for Learning and Navigating Your Career in Government

– Tamekia Williams, Project Coordinator, Canada

Developing a good trading language is a good bet when working across functions and with multidisciplinary teams.

– Álvaro Vargas Franzani, Manager, Change Management, Department of Justice, Canada

What do you know about economics?

Why HR professionals need to know how money makes the world go round.

– Paul Carter, HR Business Partner, Home Office, UK

Help a fellow public servant

Looking for some advice on social interaction in the workplace. I’ve always struggled with small talk, especially at work. I still feel socially on the "outside".

– Anonymous Community Member

I have read quite a bit about systems thinking, but I would like to know about specific examples where systems thinking has dramatically changed the outcome of a project...

– Marta Alvarez, Lead on Civil Service Strategic Resourcing policy, Department of Public Expenditure, NDP and Reform, Ireland

Anyone using AI to help with drafting contracts and helping to complete other forms such as Minority Business Enterprise subcontracting goals?

– John P. Brennan, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary, MD Department of Disabilities, USA

Poll: Which workplace buzzword do you hear the most?

Events for you and your peers

Mastering Focus in an Age of Endless Distractions

29 Apr

Getting the Best Out of Multigenerational Teams 

30 Apr

Writing Hacks for Public Servants

7 May

A Beginner's Guide to Systems Thinking

13 May

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The WWF and scientists in Pakistan are partnering to trial the deployment of AI-powered cameras to warn villagers when snow leopards are near. It's hoped that this innovative approach will foster coexistence by helping protect both livestock and endangered leopards.