Senior public servants fuel cynicism among citizens and staff if their ambitious rhetoric about innovative new approaches does not achieve the promised outcomes, warns government…

New research shows almost two-thirds of Australian organisations say their current systems and processes aren’t clear and consistent or are a “patchwork of tools”.

Technology can provide the opportunity to significantly alter the way we deliver healthcare to meet economic and demographic challenges.

Leading reform, transformation and change are increasingly a normal part of the everyday role of leaders in the APS. But are they adapting their leadership…

The public service should provide training to new members of parliament, ministers and their staff, in the view of senior Commonwealth secretary Martin Parkinson. He…

Commonwealth senior executives are facing increasingly complex challenges and governments need to stay adaptive. As such, the demand for fresh approaches and solutions has skyrocketed.

The Department of Finance has begun shopping around for a partner-organisation to deliver an eight-week program of “transformative change” guided by a recent internal review.

The Commonwealth's departmental heads have been increasingly drawn to the transformation of the Australian Public Service: what it should be, where it should go, and…

The pressure on public sector leaders to adapt rapidly to challenges of managing a far more diverse and distributed workforce is greater than ever. Now…

"If people aren’t complaining, they’re not changing," says City of Casey strategic director Sally Curtain. Shield implementers from the naysayers and focus on demonstrating results.

Australian Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd expounded on six key areas of concern for the APSC in a speech this week: jobs of the future,…

Researchers are looking for public sector participants to be involved in a study into differing purposes and arrangements of MoG changes in Australia. They want…

There is no more basic issue than one’s livelihood and the skills required to sustain it. That is why innovation and agility are important, no…

Digital government services are nowhere near the biggest customer service challenges around, says the founder of the UK's GDS. Digital government services should be as…