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GC Innovator Living Library

Welcome to the GC Innovator Living Library! This initiative aims to facilitate connection and information sharing among public servants in the GC innovation community.

What is it?

A catalogue of the names and contact information of experienced GC innovators who have volunteered to share their time and stories as ‘living books’. This catalogue is evergreen. Living books can be added or removed at any time.

How does it work?

Public servants can browse through a variety of living books and pick one to ‘borrow’. They can do this by sending an email to the living book to express interest in setting up a one-on-one conversation.

How can I be added as a living book?

Send an email to the Hubs & Labs Meetup Team with the following in both English and French:

• 1-2 sentences introducing yourself and what you do
• Your areas of expertise in the public service and/or innovation space, in 2-3 bullets (e.g. Policy, IT, Regulatory, HR)
• Your language(s) of choice (English, French, both)
• 1-2 fun facts about yourself
• Contact information (e.g. work email address)
• A headshot/photo/avatar of yourself

Catalogue

Name	Introduction	Areas of expertise	Language(s) of choice	Fun facts	Contact information
Bruce Radburn Bruce Radburn	Hello, I’m Bruce Radburn, born in Ottawa, and have lived in Montreal, Toronto, Vevey and D.R. with lots of world travel. Although I started my career in international, I’ve shifted towards public service innovation for many years including the Innovation Hubs & Labs, BluePrint and Beyond 2020. I’ve had the opportunity to help launch three employee idea programs, developed innovation as part of a 25-year plan at the SBU at Nestlé S.A. in Switzerland. My experience and passion for innovation stuck with my as I returned to Ottawa, and now I’m a Senior Innovation Advisor. I like to practice what I preach as an entrepreneur at heart, try to be a first-mover, and for example contributing ideas and creating new events for GCWCC as the Campaign Lead for 2023.  Also a self-proclaimed futurist, with long time studies in strategic foresight.	Strategic foresight/futurism, innovation policy, public service innovation, policy community of practice, experimentation	English	I secretly love the gig economy and as side-gigs I’m a professional driver, actor, game-inventor, sports coach and DJ/event producer	Bruce.radburn@agr.gc.ca
Carmen Gervais Carmen Gervais	I manage a team of experts at ESDC’s Transformation Accelerator Hub that provide Design Thinking services to rapidly build and test client-centric solutions to drive service transformation. Our services are product, time and Transformation driven: in 12 weeks or less we co-develop end-user tested prototyped solutions to real business problems while building capability in Design Thinking methodology and modern ways of working with our ESDC clients (the problem owners).	Certifications: IDEOU Advanced Design Thinking, IDEOU Human-Centered Design, ProSci Change Management Practitioner, MSP. I've supported program redesign, policy-to-service framework development, and service delivery modernization across multiple business lines. Leading a Journey Lab, which is a new departmental service to drive Transformation work and uses cross-organizational, iterative approaches for client and employee experience enhancement to develop a Minimum Viable Product with immediate value and drives incremental progress towards the ideal future state.	English and French	I am a bilingual anglophone despite having a French name, I have spent all of my career in the innovation space and I have a passion for ceramics.	carmen.gervais@servicecanada.gc.ca
Catherine Lovatt-Smith Catherine Lovatt-Smith	Since September 2021, Catherine has held the position of Project Manager at the Federal Council's Innovation Laboratory of Quebec. Passionate about the opportunities to contribute to innovative projects within the GC, she finds genuine inspiration in this role, particularly with regard to: Technological tools Best practices for dispersed and hybrid teams If you would like to learn more about her work at the Lab, visit gcxchange.	How to use MS365 (Sharepoint) effectively How to facilitate a brainstorm activity How to create a team/communication charter How to use gcxchange How to use Canva How to use ChatGPT	French	Outside of her work, Catherine is passionate about indoor plants and collects them.	catherine.lovatt-smith@dec-ced.gc.ca
David Elliott David Elliott	Currently working as a Senior Service Designer, Transport Canada. Consider myself to be a theory informed practitioner, exploring both the science and art of my practice.	Working in performance improvement since 1999 Member of the public service since 2018. Subject expertise in: Performance Improvement Adult Learning (design and facilitation) Design Thinking Service Design Coaching Communication	English	Outside of work I enjoy time with family and doing activities like reading, cycling, hiking, kayaking and camping.	david.elliott@tc.gc.ca 343-597-2820
Jason Solomon Jason's avatar, created from DallE-3	I have a passion for building high performance teams that build high performance services, using the latest advancements in technology and management technique to achieve incredible outcomes.  I encompass a unique space from global to ground perspective, taking into account all environmental variables.  My future goal is to transform a single organisation in its entirety to give us a glimpse of what the 22nd century citizen centric service delivery with enabled employees can achieve.	Leading edge technology adoption: Artificial Intelligence (AI), generative AI, data science, digital sovereign currency, distributed autonomous organisations Transformation, Change Management, process redesign: strategic innovation as a DM and ADM tactical enabler, transformation from vertical to horizontal service delivery (and vice-versa), project excellence, Organisational Enablement: Governance/policy, high performance HR plans, foresight, IT strategy, new service introduction, as well as CoP and CoE as operational bodies of knowledge/lessons learned. I have architected leading AI organisations and government services. I have an uncanny ability to predict future outcomes, both organisational, policy, and technology.  In addition, I have been credited of having a unique ability to identify, predict and manage “unknown unknown variables”.  Another strong asset is route cause identification and novel solutions.  I exist in the unique placement of being strategically aware, operational excellence and strong project management capabilities combined with appropriate risk management.	English and french	Learning and collaboration are like oxygen, I am sector agnostic, having operated in the military, charity, not for profit, academic, government and start-up environments with equal success.  I worked 3 adults jobs prior to becoming an infantry soldier enlisting at 16.  I play/coached ultimate (frisbee) and previously enjoyed running and judo.	Jason.Solomon@statcan.gc.ca JasonSolomon@gmail.com
Josée Desjardins Josée Desjardins	I'm Josee Desjardins, my personal stats are as follows, survivor, lifelong public servant, wife of 15 years, and mom to teen son. Born in Gatineau, QC, I have lived in and around the Gatineau-Ottawa region nearly all my life, aside from a few years in the GTA. My early years were very chaotic, in all, I attended 8 schools before Grade 9, and relocated more than 27 times before the age of 23. I spent years working various jobs in the private sector before attending Algonquin college (Law Clerk program 2001-2003). Attending college solidified my decision to join the public service, I started as a student at PCO and worked part time hours while in college full time. I now have two decades of administrative experience working within the Machinery of Government (MoG), in order PCO, Justice, formerly INAC and AANDC, RCMP and now TBS.	Resilience + Emergency Management - great under pressure Internal MoG processes and Executive services	English and French	I like to try my luck at community and radio contests and have won some cool knick knacks over the years.	josee.desjardins@tbs-sct.gc.ca
Joshua Turner Josh Turner	I’m a onetime exec and longtime technologist that’s had lots of experience both inside and outside the public service. I’ve been involved in my share of successes and failures, and would love to share what I’ve learned.	IT Policy, IT Implementation, IT Procurement	English and French	In private life, I’m a black belt, baker and busker.	Joshua.turner@csps-efpc.gc.ca
Roxanne Roxanne's avatar	I’m the National Innovation Lead for the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS), a new position under our new directorate, the Transformation Hub. For obvious reasons, I can only use my first name and avatar here!	I spent 12 years recruiting spies and Mounties across Canada, using my communications and marketing skills to grab attention. I also worked in media/public relations, talent management, and as a newspaper journalist – my first professional job.	English and French	During the pandemic, I started painting again after being art dormant for 20 years. So far, I sold 40 paintings (39 more than Van Gogh!)	Roxanne4974@smtp.gc.ca
Steph Percival Steph Percival	Steph Percival has been a public servant with the Government of Canada for 15 years. Currently, she manages a Transformation Enablement team at Shared Services Canada. She believes that a thriving, healthy workplace is the cornerstone of exceptional service delivery.	Steph’s multidisciplinary experience spans fields that include policy, communications, engagement, human-centred design, and experimentation. Guided by positive disruption, Steph has built a career centred around innovation, creativity, and empowerment.	English	Steph is a poet and a reader who enjoysgetting walked or taken for a run by her sheepadoodle.	Stephanie.percival@ssc-spc.gc.ca