Donald R. Officer has been a writer, planner, communicator, management consultant and educator for over three decades.
Don has written articles for newspapers, magazines and journals, including The Innovation Journal and has also edited policy papers, newsletters and on-line forums. He continues to review books on many topics, affecting strategic thinking for his blog, strategicpraxis.com. He is specifically interested in the psychology of innovation, creativity and social change, organizational culture and emerging policy implications of neuroscience.
Key publications
2010 – Strategic Praxis.com. Authors, reviews new non-fiction books and edits a blog reflecting a strategic thinking perspective.
2005 – The Innovation Journal: The Public Sector Innovation Journal The Unexplored Relationship between Intuition and Innovation. Paper published by this peer-reviewed journal.
1997 – 2009 - InSite Book Reviews. Published and contributed to webzine in collaboration with Editor William Sheridan of Informetrica Incorporated.
1991 – Globe & Mail. Wrote articles for the Report on Business.
1990 – Ottawa Business News. Wrote articles for business tabloid.
1984 – Softalk. Researched and wrote Apples in Canada, a feature article for an international micro computing periodical (published May 1984).
1981 – Books in Canada. Reviewed books for national magazine.
1978 – 80 – Ottawa Journal. Wrote general features and book reviews for book page and weekly magazine of daily newspaper.
1975 – 80 – What's On in Ottawa. Free-lanced features and reviews for citywide monthly lifestyle publication for tourists and residents.
1976 – 77 – Training. Wrote for Public Service Commission monthly.