NS Workshops are designed for groups interested in applying the NS framework and the NS exploratory cycle in their own context to address issues of particular interest to them.
The New Synthesis (NS) workshops are designed for a particular organization. They aim at generating solutions to real-life public challenges. No two workshops are the same.
What to expect from a NS Workshop?
- The sessions are facilitated by PGI President, Jocelyne Bourgon with the assistance of certified facilitators.
- During NS workshop (s), the participants learn about the concepts of positioning, leveraging, engaging and synthesizing, and apply the concepts during group exercises.
- Group exercises are selected and designed in collaboration with the host organization to ensure the relevance for the participants.
- International examples are used to illustrate how the concepts have been used by people facing similar challenges in other circumstances.
The Goal
The NS workshops are an opportunity to place the NS concepts, methodologies and tools directly in the hands of public sector leaders. They encourage participants to learn through open discussions, real-life examples and to apply the concepts to challenges they are currently facing.
The NS Workshops encourage learning through experience (experiential learning). They are grounded in a participatory approach and they encourage participants to learn from each other’s experiences.
The goal of an NS Workshop is to grow practitioners’ capacity to explore solutions beyond the conventional and build the capacity of their organizations to adapt to changing needs and circumstances. The NS workshops equip practitioners to build resilient public organizations, institutions, and societies.
The following list is illustrative of work produced during NS Workshops:
- Collaborating in Crisis: Canada’s Syrian refugee initiative
R. Alorse & J. Bourgon, April 2019 (Also available in 6.1.3 PGI website) - Greening Defence in Canada: Energy as a critical enabler
Saleem Sattar (DND), June 2018 - TVO’s TeachOntario: For Ontario’s educators, by Ontario’s educators
Karen Grose, Jim Strachan & Lindy Amato, December 2017 - Internal Audit: An enabler of intelligent risk taking
Ziad Shadid, August 2017 - The Federal Idea
J. Bourgon, Parliamentary retreat, Sarawak, Malaysia, December 2015 (Also in section 3.3 J.B.) - Rule of Law and Voluntary Compliance
Rishanthi Pattiarachchi & J. Bourgon, March 2015 - Enforcement and Safety
J. Bourgon, HPT Retreat, Sabah, Malaysia, March 2015 - Rule of Law, Citizenship and Enforcement Strategies
J. Bourgon & R. Pattiarachchi, Sarawak, Malaysia,March 2015 - A Summary of Learning of the First NS Master Class Program
J. Bourgon, Singapore, March-May 2013 - Organizing Government Around Problems: The Dutch program ministries for youth and family and for housing, communities and integration
Martijn van der Steen, Philip Marcel Karré & Mark Van Twist, The Netherlands, 2012 - Collaborative Federalism: How labour mobility and foreign qualification recognition are changing Canada’s intergovernmental landscape
Don Lenihan, Canada, 2012 - Australia’s New Federal Financial Agreement: Focusing on better results for society
Australian Public Service Commission, Australia, 2012 - Workfare in Singapore
Koh Tsin Yen & Pamela Qiu, Singapore, 2011 - Vision, Collaboration, Persistence, and Hard Work: The Canadian federal government’s homelessness partnering strategy
Andrew Graham, Canada, 2011 - Citizen-Centered Public Services: Designing for complex outcomes
Tim Hughes & Sue Richards, United Kingdom, 2011
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