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This book looks into the forces at work that have undermined critical thinking and sound intellectual inquiry in the world of public affairs in Canada, have fostered reductive perspectives and destructive blockages to collaborative governance to emerge, and have succeeded in blinding observers to the real sources of the present Canadian malaise, blocking the road to imaginative repairs.    
Part I deals frontally with the twilight of critical thinking that has led to a dramatic weakening of the critical examination of issues, and the process of inquiry that has been significantly weakened by ever narrower perspectives.
Part II focuses on two mental prisons: the obsessive and reductive insistence on a quantophrenic twist (only that which can be quantified counts); and the failure by crucial partners to live up to the requirements of their burden of office in circumstances when disloyalty considerably enfeebles the possibility of effective collaborative governance and the chance for  organizations to succeed.
Part III suggests that it is not impossible to get rid of the blinders preventing the adoption of more synoptic approaches, and the exploration of more imaginative designs to repair our organizations and institutions. Ways to deal with the challenges facing the Canadian socio-economy are hinted at, and the work of a successful social architect showcased.   
The conclusion makes the case for an approach that is both synoptic and guided by reasonableness - against the dogmas of disciplines and skimpy rationality.This book looks into the forces at work that have undermined critical thinking and sound intellectual inquiry in the world of public affairs in Canada, have fostered reductive perspectives and destructive blockages to collaborative governance to emerge, and have succeeded in blinding observers to the real sources of the present Canadian malaise, blocking the road to imaginative repairs.  
Part I deals frontally with the twilight of critical thinking that has led to a dramatic weakening of the critical examination of issues, and the process of inquiry that has been significantly weakened by ever narrower perspectives.
Part II focuses on two mental prisons: the obsessive and reductive insistence on a quantophrenic twist (only that which can be quantified counts); and the failure by crucial partners to live up to the requirements of their burden of office in circumstances when disloyalty considerably enfeebles the possibility of effective collaborative governance and the chance for organizations to succeed.
Part III suggests that it is not impossible to get rid of the blinders preventing the adoption of more synoptic approaches, and the exploration of more imaginative designs to repair our organizations and institutions. Ways to deal with the challenges facing the Canadian socio-economy are hinted at, and the work of a successful social architect showcased.  
The conclusion makes the case for an approach that is both synoptic and guided by reasonableness - against the dogmas of disciplines and skimpy rationality.

Unusual Suspects

La gouvernance est à la fois une manière de voir, un cadre d'analyse, un langage de définition de problèmes, un appareil d'examen clinique pour remonter à la source de mauvaises performances et, enfin, un outillage mental pour le designer organisationnel à qui on demandera de faire les radoubs qui s'imposent. Ce texte présente quelques concepts-leviers dans ce genre de travail (collaboration, réseau, stewardship, etc.) ainsi que certains principes et mécanismes s'étant avérés utiles dans le design d'une gouvernance porteuse d'une super-vision à saveur confédérale. Cette gouvernance assure un cadre d'apprentissage collectif, d'expérimentation et d'innovation susceptible d'assurer la pérennité des organisations.

Gouvernance

This book looks into the forces at work that have undermined critical thinking and sound intellectual inquiry in the world of public affairs in Canada, have fostered reductive perspectives and destructive blockages to collaborative governance to emerge, and have succeeded in blinding observers to the real sources of the present Canadian malaise, blocking the road to imaginative repairs. Part I deals frontally with the twilight of critical thinking that has led to a dramatic weakening of the critical examination of issues, and the process of inquiry that has been significantly weakened by ever narrower perspectives. Part II focuses on two mental prisons: the obsessive and reductive insistence on a quantophrenic twist (only that which can be quantified counts); and the failure by crucial partners to live up to the requirements of their burden of office in circumstances when disloyalty considerably enfeebles the possibility of effective collaborative governance and the chance for organizations to succeed. Part III suggests that it is not impossible to get rid of the blinders preventing the adoption of more synoptic approaches, and the exploration of more imaginative designs to repair our organizations and institutions. Ways to deal with the challenges facing the Canadian socio-economy are hinted at, and the work of a successful social architect showcased. The conclusion makes the case for an approach that is both synoptic and guided by reasonableness - against the dogmas of disciplines and skimpy rationality. This book looks into the forces at work that have undermined critical thinking and sound intellectual inquiry in the world of public affairs in Canada, have fostered reductive perspectives and destructive blockages to collaborative governance to emerge, and have succeeded in blinding observers to the real sources of the present Canadian malaise, blocking the road to imaginative repairs. Part I deals frontally with the twilight of critical thinking that has led to a dramatic weakening of the critical examination of issues, and the process of inquiry that has been significantly weakened by ever narrower perspectives. Part II focuses on two mental prisons: the obsessive and reductive insistence on a quantophrenic twist (only that which can be quantified counts); and the failure by crucial partners to live up to the requirements of their burden of office in circumstances when disloyalty considerably enfeebles the possibility of effective collaborative governance and the chance for organizations to succeed. Part III suggests that it is not impossible to get rid of the blinders preventing the adoption of more synoptic approaches, and the exploration of more imaginative designs to repair our organizations and institutions. Ways to deal with the challenges facing the Canadian socio-economy are hinted at, and the work of a successful social architect showcased. The conclusion makes the case for an approach that is both synoptic and guided by reasonableness - against the dogmas of disciplines and skimpy rationality.

Unusual Suspects - Essays on Social Learning

Striking the right fit between resources, processes, and outcomes in complex environments, where different groups have something to contribute towards joint outcomes, even though they partake in joint operations in the pursuit of their own objectives This is what intelligent governance is all about. It is the practical application of an evolving worldview that is a less conflictive, more intelligent, more cooperative and a wiser mode of human coordination. This short book proposes some guideposts for intelligent governance. It does not put forward a rigid blueprint or a recipe that could mechanically and blindly be followed, but a prototype for a process of inquiry seeking to help organizations find a way forward (through innovation and value adding), some general indications about the most toxic pitfalls likely to materialize mental prisons, lack of mindfulness, etc. and comments about the most promising opportunities or initiatives likely to nudge the coordinating inquiries into successful directions. Striking the right fit between resources, processes, and outcomes in complex environments, where different groups have something to contribute towards joint outcomes, even though they partake in joint operations in the pursuit of their own objectives This is what intelligent governance is all about. It is the practical application of an evolving worldview that is a less conflictive, more intelligent, more cooperative and a wiser mode of human coordination. This short book proposes some guideposts for intelligent governance. It does not put forward a rigid blueprint or a recipe that could mechanically and blindly be followed, but a prototype for a process of inquiry seeking to help organizations find a way forward (through innovation and value adding), some general indications about the most toxic pitfalls likely to materialize mental prisons, lack of mindfulness, etc. and comments about the most promising opportunities or initiatives likely to nudge the coordinating inquiries into successful directions.

Intelligent Governance - A Prototype for Social Coordination

Too many stakeholders have neglected their duty of imagining an aspiring federal capital region for Canada. Under the auspices of the Forum of Federations, a number of persons interested in the fate of Canada's federal capital region came together to examine the challenges facing the region and to put forward suggestions to deal with them. In this report on the brainstorming exercise conducted in January 2011, professionals, academics, and elected officials take stock of the vast array of assets on which the federal capital region can build; probe the many sources of failures in coping as effectively and creatively as one would expect with the diversity, trans-border, financial, and governance challenges; and make suggestions to ensure that the federal capital region does not remain "unimagined" in the future. Too many stakeholders have neglected their duty of imagining an aspiring federal capital region for Canada. Under the auspices of the Forum of Federations, a number of persons interested in the fate of Canada's federal capital region came together to examine the challenges facing the region and to put forward suggestions to deal with them. In this report on the brainstorming exercise conducted in January 2011, professionals, academics, and elected officials take stock of the vast array of assets on which the federal capital region can build; probe the many sources of failures in coping as effectively and creatively as one would expect with the diversity, trans-border, financial, and governance challenges; and make suggestions to ensure that the federal capital region does not remain "unimagined" in the future.

The Unimagined Canadian Capital - Challenges for the Federal Capital Region

Toward principled governance for Canada's immigration regime Canada has engaged in an immigration policy experiment of momentous importance over the last 25 years: it has almost doubled the flow of new immigrants. This has not only strained Canada s absorptive capacity and the common public culture, and increased the costs of immigration for Canadians, but it has also led the more recent cohorts of immigrants to experience much greater difficulty integrating into their new homeland, causing them to fall more and more below the level of income of the Canadian-born. Canadians have been disinformed by officials, the intelligentsia, and the media about the real impact of mass immigration on the economy and about its potential capacity to counter the effect of the aging of Canadian population. Canadians have been hoodwinked into accepting that maximum diversity is optimum diversity.

Moderato Cantabile - Toward Principled Governance for Canada’s Immigration Policy

" Les citoyens comme les investisseurs et les parties prenantes ont été immergés pendant si longtemps dans un univers de gouvernement -c'est à dire une situation où au sommet se trouvait un potentat ayant réussi à faire croire qu'il avait toute la connaissance, tout le pouvoir et toute l'information pour assurer la gouverne- qu'ils en sont arrivés à croire qu'ils avaient une " vocation de gouvernés " et à perdre eux-mêmes la notion qu'ils étaient des producteurs de gouvernance eux-mêmes. Cette paresse, cette indolence et ce refus de se prendre en main sont encore omniprésents. Voilà qui explique le blocage mental auquel fait face la notion de gouvernance. Ce blocage n'est pas innocent. Il révèle un état d'esprit, une sorte de servitude volontaire dans laquelle on se complaît. Le caractère subversif de la notion de gouvernance vient du fait qu'elle sonne le réveil, qu'elle est un appel aux armes, si l'on peut dire. Pas moyen de penser gouvernance sans penser au fardeau de la charge, à l'obligation de s'impliquer et de participer, aux devoirs que chacun a d'être un producteur de gouvernance, de contribuer à la gouverne de l'entreprise, de l'organisation, du pays. " Cet ouvrage est donc un appel à l'engagement, à la responsabilité, à la participation au " multilogue " social, requis par une socioéconomie dont la structure hiérarchisée et centralisée s'est effritée au fur et à mesure que le monde s'est ouvert, que l'information s'est diffusée et que les compétences se sont multipliées. Illustrant ces processus par plusieurs exemples empruntés à divers domaines de l'histoire canadienne récente, l'auteur montre à la fois la gouvernance distribuée qui est à l'œuvre dans le monde où nous vivons et les résistances que nos façons de penser traditionnelles lui opposent.

Gouvernance : une invitation à la subversion

Ce petit livre reprend en gros le contenu de la conférence d'ouverture livrée dans le programme de certification universitaire en gouvernance de sociétés du Collège des Administrateurs de l'Université Laval. Gouvernance corporative connote ici la coordination efficace et dynamique de l'organisation quand pouvoir, ressources et information sont vastement distribués entre plusieurs mains - dans le privé, le public, le communautaire, etc. Ce petit livre reprend en gros le contenu de la conférence d'ouverture livrée dans le programme de certification universitaire en gouvernance de sociétés du Collège des Administrateurs de l'Université Laval. Gouvernance corporative connote ici la coordination efficace et dynamique de l'organisation quand pouvoir, ressources et information sont vastement distribués entre plusieurs mains - dans le privé, le public, le communautaire, etc.

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