Entries by The Sector

Sinzer’s Beginners Guide To Social Return On Investment

Learning more about Social Return on Investment will give you a better understanding of how to measure your impact and be accountable to your stakeholders. To start off this guide and understand the concept of Social Return on Investment, it is important to give a brief explanation of what is meant by ‘impact measurement’ and […]

The Undefined Role of the Ontario Public Service in Third Sector, Digital Transformation

The Ontario Public Service, of the Government of Ontario, includes ministries, agencies, and Crown corporations. Its workforce consists of over sixty-thousand public servants. For most of its organizational-lifecycle, the OPS has been structured to design and deliver social services directly to the population of Ontario (Government of Ontario, 2007). As described in Transforming the Ontario […]

The MBA spawns a start-up spanning three continents

MBA students set up consultancy to streamline public servicesAiming to save taxpayers thousands of poundsThe Sector involves students from five different countriesCompany set-up over a pub meeting on Warwick Week When Canadian Bradford Turner started moving the pepper and salt around the table at the Dirty Duck he had little idea that it would lead […]

Strategic Spending on the Digital Transformation of Social Service Delivery in Ontario

Ontario’s Government is “adopting new “digital practices and technologies that will deliver simpler, faster, better services to Ontarians.” In the 2019 Budget, the Government revealed its digital plan that includes, among other measures, the Simpler, Faster, Better Services Act.” And as per the Government’s claims, “if passed, it will significantly improve how government works and […]