On this episode of the Defence Deconstructed Podcast, David Perry talks to the Department of National Defence’s ADM Infrastructure and Environment, Rob Chambers, about the management of Canada’s defence buildings, greening initiatives, and indigenous relations.

Participant Bio:

- Robert Chambers has been appointed Assistant Deputy Minister (Infrastructure & Environment) in June 2019. He has been a federal public servant for 20 years, serving in the Privy Council Office, the Department of Finance, and Treasury Board. (https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/organizational-structure/assistant-deputy-minister-infrastructure-environment/biography.html)

Host Bio:

- Dave Perry (host): Senior Analyst and Vice President with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (www.cgai.ca/david_perry)

What Rob Chambers is reading:

- Robert J. Anderson and William A. Adams, Mastering Leadership: An Integrated Framework for Breakthrough Performance and Extraordinary Business Results: https://www.wiley.com/en-ca/Mastering+Leadership%3A+An+Integrated+Framework+for+Breakthrough+Performance+and+Extraordinary+Business+Results-p-9781119147190

- Gregory Kesler and Amy Kates, Leading Organizational Design: How to Make Organization Design Decisions to Drive the Results You Want: https://www.wiley.com/en-ca/Leading+Organization+Design%3A+How+to+Make+Organization+Design+Decisions+to+Drive+the+Results+You+Want-p-9780470589595

More on the Departmental Energy and Environment Strategy: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/reports-publications/dees.html

Recording Date: 22 Oct 2020

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips