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Very funny, Mister Mercier!
Written by Bernard Brault on 18/04/2011
Ridicule doesn’t kill; it destroys slowly but surely the trust. I was about to write a blog on the principle of Efficiency, of effectiveness in the service of the collective wealth, and of the importance of having some guiding values to practice the Sound Management. So, I was writing the blog “Did you just say [...]
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Once again, Montreal!
Written by Bernard Brault on 12/04/2011
An ethical code for Montreal: of course, it’s not enough to solve the problem! This isn’t the first time I compare the public administration to the Tower of Babel. But when it comes to the Ville de Montreal, this is a crazier and dramatic matter, or even seriously disturbing. If you want to have an [...]
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Affaires, Saine Gestion et intégrité ? ( to be translated soon )
Written by Bernard Brault on 08/04/2011
Une citation surprenante de Frank Stronach, fondateur et président démissionnaire de Magna International.(1) Qui a dit que Saine Gestion n’était pas pour l’entreprise privée ? Saine Gestion veut dire sainement gérer, c’est-à-dire bien gérer, gérer en fonction de la mission de l’organisation et de ses enjeux. Saine Gestion veut aussi dire continuité et profit. En [...]
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Beware of the allergy risks!
Written by Bernard Brault on 28/03/2011
IMPORTANT NOTICE: ALL PERSONS CONCERNED SHOULD PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE MANUFACTURER’S NOTICE Trade name Sound Management, Matrix of sound management ™ , Sound Management framework(tm), Autodiagnostic de Saine Gestion ™, Sound management Audit®. THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS Sound Management is a managerial anti-collapse used to treat chronic bad management, embezzlement, corruption, some cases of bureaucratic [...]
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Budget 2011 du Québec : L’utopique taux de 62 % de dépenses est encore absent de moyens et de résultats !(to be translated soon)
Written by Bernard Brault on 18/03/2011
Pour nos lecteurs étrangers, eh oui ! il y en a beaucoup, vous réaliserez sans doute que nous sommes tous confrontés au même problème budgétaire. Nous avons tous eu, collectivement, gauche ou droite, l’appétit plus grand que la panse. Lors du budget de 2010, le gouvernement faisait passer une panoplie de hausses de taxes à [...]
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Corruption and embezzlement: risk assessment and management failures
Written by Bernard Brault on 11/03/2011
Management slippage, waste of public funds, conflicts of interest, embezzlement, abuse of authority, collusion, and corruption can’t even be considered scandals anymore since they’ve become the media’s daily bread. We stopped being touched by such things. As I told you before, the cynicism quasi-humoristic is the numbing ProZac ensuring immunity for the snollygosters and other [...]
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Did you just say “Abnegation?”
Written by Bernard Brault on 10/02/2011
One of our readers sent us a few lines related to our discussions regarding bad management cases. “I’m a University teacher in Turkey (Istanbul) and I studied in France, but never in Canada. I find your proposition very interesting (…). The case I’d like to submit to your attention could be the same in every [...]
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Sound Management, between myth and reality
Written by Gilles Auger on 28/01/2011
Today, I’ll answer some of the questions that we’re often asked. And that is, on the one hand, to explain and place the Sound Management concept on the management chessboard of Québec and Canada, and more and more at the international level. On the other hand, to clarify the role of the ISM for the [...]
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Shale gas, omnipotence, and bad management
Written by Bernard Brault on 26/01/2011
Errors, lies, false transparency, the half-baked presentation from some important leaders destroyed it somehow for several decades. The shale gas is a collective wealth for Québec. And it could help Québec for ensuring at least the financing of the Health Sector. But, this energy locked up in stones is hard to release and, obviously, the [...]
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Good or bad management practice, please send us your cases!
Written by Bernard Brault on 20/01/2011
As part of our mission to promote and teach the Sound Management concept, we offer you an interactive activity of a strategic, administrative, and organizational situational case. So, we suggest the Leader’s mail. You could send us a case you know or a case on which you may want our advice. You’ll find our answers [...]