Insights.

Analysis of persistent, structural challenges — the kind that span many actors, resist easy answers, and only yield when the right people think them through together.

Fighting Fire With Paper: The Coordination Step Canada’s Wildfire Plans Leave Out

Fighting Fire With Paper: The Coordination Step Canada’s Wildfire Plans Leave Out

July 2026 – Canada has the science, the funding and, as of this year, the trained practitioners. What is missing is the coordination step that would put them on the fireline — and it is buildable.

Climate & Resilience
No One Owns the Cure

Why Vaccine Trust is Falling in Canada: A Systems Problem

July 2026 – Canada lost its measles-free status not for lack of knowledge, but because no actor sees the whole system. Why the cure takes the full village in one room.

Health Policy
Buying AI Is Easy. Capturing the Value Isn't.

Buying AI Is Easy. Capturing the Value Isn't.

June 2026 – AI adoption is near-universal, but only 6% of organizations are high performers. Why capturing AI value is a systems problem, not a technology problem.

AI Strategy

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