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The 311 Podcast

The 311 Podcast for Northern

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Fréquence : 1 épisode/120j. Total Éps: 21

The 311 Podcast, hosted by Paul Bellows, is dedicated to exploring and sharing stories of the people behind digital transformation and organizational change management in Public Service organizations.

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S2 E2 - Reinventing Government Payroll Systems with Alex Benay

Saison 2 · Épisode 2

jeudi 5 décembre 2024 • Durée 37:14

From Ashes to Solutions: The Phoenix Project Revisited

Today, my guest is Alex Benay. Alex has recently returned to the federal service of Canada to lead the modernization of Canada's federal payroll system. Starting in 2009 and launching in 2015. The Phoenix project was meant to replace a 40 year old technology stack and save millions of taxpayer dollars each year. However, after launch it quickly became apparent that there were major inconsistencies and gaps in paying Canada's, 290,000 federal civil servants. The project has continued to be a black eye for the government and costs have continued to bloom. This is the kind of project that most people stay far away from. But Alex is no stranger to courageous initiatives.

Resource Links:

Alex Benay - LinkedIn
Cynefin Model
Goss Gilroy Inc.
Miramichi
Accenture
Edward Guest “It Couldn’t Be Done”
Industry Partners mentioned:
- Accenture | Dayforce | EY | CGI
Audit Reports
- 2018 Spring Reports of the Auditor General of Canada to the Parliament of Canada
- Lessons Learned from the Transformation of Pay Administration, Goss Gilroy Inc

Recorded in September of 2024

This is a show about the people that make digital public service work. If you'd like to find out more, visit northern.co/311-podcast/

We're going to keep having conversations like this. If you've got ideas of guests we should speak to, send us an email to the311@northern.co.

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S2 E01 - An EPIC journey with Penny Rae

Saison 2 · Épisode 1

mardi 5 novembre 2024 • Durée 41:23

Scaling Success in Healthcare IT for Alberta Health Services
Today, my guest is Penny Rae. Penny is the Chief Information Officer for Alberta Health Services. AHS is the health delivery organization for the province of Alberta in Canada. AHS is the largest health care delivery organization in North America. And with nearly 150,000 employees and contractors, it's one of the top five employers in all of Canada. The IT department alone is 2,500 people. So the scale of Penny's operation is massive.

Penny has spent the last few years leading a rollout of the EPIC health care management system as a wholesale replacement for hundreds of individual healthcare information management systems. It's one of the largest IT projects in Canada. And in an industry where only 30% of IT projects like this reach success. Penny's approach is beating all the odds.

You're going to hear Penny talk about culture and trust as the driver for success and her own philosophy about how to lead technical teams. I hope you enjoy the conversation.
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Resource Links:

Greg Price story, Falling Through the Cracks [2017]
Cynefin Model
Sense and Respond
- Wikipedia | Amazon | Kobo. | Indigo
Penny Rae - National recognition for AHS Chief Information Officer (2018)
AHS selected Epic Systems Corporation as the partner for Connect Care. (link to FAQ PDF)

01 - Governing A.I. with Ashley Casovan

Saison 1 · Épisode 1

lundi 20 juillet 2020 • Durée 24:30

Ashley Casovan, AI Global's Executive Director and former Director of Data and Digital for the Government of Canada, joins host Paul Bellows for a frank discussion on the ethics and responsibilities of governments using Artificial Intelligence technology, and the many uses to which A.I. can be put.

Government of Canada's Algorithmic Impact Assesment
https://open.canada.ca/aia-eia-js/?lang=en

Ashley Casovan on Twitter:
@ashleycasovan

AI Global
https://ai-global.org/

This is a show about the people that make digital public service work. If you'd like to find out more, visit northern.co/311-podcast/

We're going to keep having conversations like this. If you've got ideas of guests we should speak to, send us an email to the311@northern.co.

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09 - Power and Change with Sophia Hoosein and Jessica MacQueen

Saison 1 · Épisode 9

mercredi 14 décembre 2022 • Durée 48:28

I am really excited today to be talking to Sophia Hoosein and Jessica McQueen, who are two people that I know and respect and who have agreed to come and talk to us about government organizations trying to make digital change. We're going to talk about power and how you get things done, and I'm just really excited.

Thanks to Sophia and Jessica for the open and honest conversation about the actual experience of working in government.

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This is a show about the people that make digital government work. If you'd like to find out more, visit yellowpencil.com.

We're going to keep having conversations like this. If you've got ideas of guests we should speak to, send us an email to podcast@yellowpencil.com.

Government is about all of us. Let's keep making a better world. This has been the 311 podcast and I'm your host, Paul Bellows.

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Links
Sophia Hoosein: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophiahoosein/
Jessica MacQueen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicamacqueen/

This is a show about the people that make digital public service work. If you'd like to find out more, visit northern.co/311-podcast/

We're going to keep having conversations like this. If you've got ideas of guests we should speak to, send us an email to the311@northern.co.

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08 - Interpreneurship with Miki Stricker-Talbot

Saison 1 · Épisode 8

jeudi 27 octobre 2022 • Durée 30:08

This is The 311 podcast. I'm your host, Paul Bellows. This is a show about the people that make digital government work. If you'd like to find out more, visit yellowpencil.com.

Today, my guest is Miki Stricker-Talbot. Miki is responsible for intrepreneurship and strategic design in the citizen services branch at the city of Edmonton.

You may ask what intrepreneurship is and my answer is keep listening. That's what we'll be talking about. In addition to organizational design, kindness, privilege, and generally how to make change from within an organization rather than just top down.

I know that our podcast theme is on digital government and the people who are making change. And while digital isn't part of Miki's purpose in the organization, I think that the mindset she brings to making change is what's necessary for any digital worker who is feeling frustrated and like they can't do their work in the right way. Like they don't have the right supports. Miki's work has been recognized globally and Apolitical recently named her as one of the 100 most influential people in government. If you've come across, Miki's work on UNICORNS, that's an acronym that I'll let her unpack, then perhaps you've come to understand why the way she thinks and works is so important to pay attention to.

In particular with digital work, government is on the same talent hunt as the rest of the startup and software world but without the salaries and profit sharing that the private sector can sometimes offer. I think it's more and more important to think about the kind of organizations that we're creating to operate our public trusts. We need government to be the first place that passionate and talented people think about spending some or all of their career.

And if we have more people like Miki in positions of influence, then maybe we can make that come true. I loved having this conversation. Miki is a colleague, but also a friend. We had to edit out a few moments where we were just having fun, but I think you'll like what we left in. I hope you enjoy the conversation.

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Thanks so much for listening. If you want to learn more about Miki's work and in particular, find her now infamous blog post on unicorns or read about unlearning, we'll have links in the show notes.
Government is about all of us. Let's keep making a better world. This has been the 311 podcast and I'm your host, Paul Bellows.---LinksUnicorns: Unlearning:

07 - Creating Equity with Lawrence Eta

Saison 1 · Épisode 7

samedi 6 mars 2021 • Durée 29:13

Today my guest is Lawrence Eta, Chief Technology Officer at the City of Toronto. Toronto is the fourth largest municipality in North America, behind Mexico city, New York city, and Los Angeles. Toronto is one of the most multicultural cities in the world. And it's the home of much of Canada's media and cultural community, as well as the headquarters of Canada's five largest banks.

Toronto's population is about as diverse as it gets both culturally and economically, and the city faces unique, digital challenges and opportunities. As a result, when I first spoke to Lawrence about the podcast, he was direct on his goal. He wanted to talk about equity. I love that because what I love most about digitization is the ability to remove barriers to equity seeking groups, when we make that a priority, and it's definitely a priority for Lawrence. I love his perspectives on how to invest in a more equitable world.

I do need to call out a technology fail that I had during the call. Due to an operating system upgrade, one piece of my recording software became unlicensed. You'll hear the audio quality change about 10 minutes in because I was using the software in trial mode and didn't realize until it was too late.

We've done our best to fix this and keep the quality as high as possible.

Technology is never perfect, and humans less so. That's why I'm glad we have people like Lawrence Eta in positions of responsibility to keep watch and ensure that everyone's interests are in balance.

Here's Lawrence Eta.

This is a show about the people that make digital public service work. If you'd like to find out more, visit northern.co/311-podcast/

We're going to keep having conversations like this. If you've got ideas of guests we should speak to, send us an email to the311@northern.co.

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06 - Digital Innovation with Dominique Bohn

Saison 1 · Épisode 6

mardi 29 décembre 2020 • Durée 39:26

Today, my guest is one of Canada's most influential government technologists. Dominique Bohn is the chief officer and assistant deputy minister at the digital innovation office at the government of Alberta.

Dominic has held various executive leadership roles in the government of British Columbia, as well as a director role at global IT leader CGI. Alberta's digital innovation office is a relatively new department at the government of Alberta. It reports to executive council and has been given the mandate to transform how software is created in the government with citizen needs and design leadership at the forefront, the Dio has been running exemplar projects to showcase how modern agile software development can work within a traditional government organization.

And the outcomes have been transformative. We spoke in August, 2020 over a web meeting. So the odd word may drop, but there's no denying the wisdom and enthusiasm that Dominic brings to her role. I think you'll enjoy her refreshing perspective and vision.

This is a show about the people that make digital public service work. If you'd like to find out more, visit northern.co/311-podcast/

We're going to keep having conversations like this. If you've got ideas of guests we should speak to, send us an email to the311@northern.co.

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05 - City Innovate with Jay Nath

Saison 1 · Épisode 5

mardi 1 décembre 2020 • Durée 33:56

Today, my guest is one of my favorite people in gov tech. Jay Nath is the co-CEO of City Innovate. They're based in San Francisco, where Jay was the former Chief Innovation Officer for the City of San Francisco.

City Innovate is a program that Jay founded during his tenure with the city, and it was time to move on, he took the program with him, and he and his colleague Comran Siddique now run cohorts of cities through their matchmaking and procurement platform. They helped cities connect with startups and innovators who might never try to navigate the traditional procurement process for selling to government.

It's a program that solves real problems and creates new economic and service opportunities. I think you'll love how Jay thinks and what's important to him.

This is a show about the people that make digital public service work. If you'd like to find out more, visit northern.co/311-podcast/

We're going to keep having conversations like this. If you've got ideas of guests we should speak to, send us an email to the311@northern.co.

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04 - Upgrading the CDS with Sean Boots

Saison 1 · Épisode 4

lundi 26 octobre 2020 • Durée 28:31

Sean Boots, technical advisor at the Canadian Digital Service, joins Paul to share his experience with digital government and bringing modern tools to government workers.

Sean Boots:
https://sboots.ca/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanboots/

This is a show about the people that make digital public service work. If you'd like to find out more, visit northern.co/311-podcast/

We're going to keep having conversations like this. If you've got ideas of guests we should speak to, send us an email to the311@northern.co.

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03 - Open source government with Norman Mendoza

Saison 1 · Épisode 3

lundi 26 octobre 2020 • Durée 22:59

Norman Mendoza, manager of business and technology innovation at the City of Edmonton, joins Paul to share his experience with open source and open data, and how to make practical use of them within the context of a municipal government.

Norman Mendoza on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/normanmendoza/

Norman Mendoza on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/normanmendoza

This is a show about the people that make digital public service work. If you'd like to find out more, visit northern.co/311-podcast/

We're going to keep having conversations like this. If you've got ideas of guests we should speak to, send us an email to the311@northern.co.

Northern LinkedIn

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