January 18, 2001:
Paul Crookall, Public Service Innovation: The Law of the Farm.
The authors of The Three Pillars of Public Management: Secrets of Sustained Success, Paul Crookall and Ole Ingstrop, share their understanding of the innovation process.
Salon Notes

Monday, January 29, 2001:
Graham Lowe, University of Alberta: Employer of Choice? Workplace Innovation in Government
- author The Quality of Work: A People-Centred Agenda, speaking on the future of work and Canadian Policy Research Network (CPRN)’s Human Resources in Government Study examining the future of work in the public service, to be published in January 2001. http://www.cprn.com/cprn.html

February 15, 2001:
Ian Wilson, National Archivist, Information Management and Communication Across Time (dinner compliments of the Archives)

Thursday, March 15, 2001:
Dr. Robert McMurtry, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Canada:
From Health Care to Health

Thursday, April 19, 2001:
A Panel on Innovations in Human Resources
Chaired by Tom Stewart, Director General, ADM Corporate Secretariat, The Leadership Network, replacing Mary Gusella, Deputy Minister, The Leadership Network

• Ray Springer, Treasury Board Secretariat: Benchmarking Study, A Comparative Analysis of Human Resources Management Regimes in Canada. The only one of its kind in the world. A tool for the newest recruit or the most seasoned decision-maker in HR.
• Robert Chartrand, Executive Director, Sector Renewal, Industry Canada: Innovative means for Recruiting Internal Staff (Re-Recruiting) and Retaining Employees

Tuesday, May 15, 2001:
Gordon Diamond, the General manager of OC Transpo.
Violence in the Workplace -- Innovations OC Transpo employed to resolve problems of workplace violence and to recover from a major tragedy in the workplace.

Updated May 29, 2001