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Some ideas about Carney's reform of the civil service (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 day ago by CloudwalkingOwl@lemmy.ca to c/canadapolitics@lemmy.ca

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I've pulled together an article that brings together two very different thinkers talking about issues of relevance to the Prime Minister's reform of the civil service.

https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/carneys-quest-to-reform-the-bureaucracy?r=4ot1q2&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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[–] foxglove@lazysoci.al 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This sounds a bit related to David Graeber's concept of "Bullshit Jobs".

[–] DriftingLynx@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago

More than just a bit.

The article opens with:

I just finished reading the late David Graeber’s book Bullshit Jobs and it’s got me thinking about the reforms to the civil service that Prime Minister Carney has been promising.