The Canadian Consulting practice launched the “Call for papers” contest in 2008, soliciting papers that address important challenges facing Canadian businesses. The contest invited Deloitte’s Canadian consultants to submit papers that demonstrate creative, compelling and practical solutions to topical issues across a broad range of industries. A panel of Deloitte partners judged the papers and, after difficult deliberation, selected four prize winners and six honourable mentions.

Winning papers:

1st PRIZE:     Change your world or the world will change you: The future of collaborative government and Web 2.0, by Peter Hughes and Andrew Medd.

2nd PRIZE:    The world is your think tank: Transform Idea Flow into Cash Flow with an integrated Finance-HR Innovation Team, by Alan Wunsche.

3rd PRIZE:    Dr. Schumpeter comes to the capital: Creative Destruction in Public Spending, by Todd Cain and Paul Witherow.

4th PRIZE:    More talk … more action: Multi-party strategic planning in the public sector, by Andrew Medd and James Gordon.

Honourable mentions were earned by:

 When legacy is not enough: Understanding the high stakes game of core banking replacement, by Kevin Young, Anantika Bakht, Debashish Chatterjee, James Colaco, Chris Gray, Jason Lee and John Wang.

 Surviving the corporate responsibility tidal wave: Start swimming or you’ll sink, by Renee Chung and Graham Dodd.

 Supply on demand: Opportunities in the healthcare supply chain, by Sarah Bourque, Paul Marc Frenette, and Genevieve Giguere.

 A post merger integration recipe: Step-by-step instructions for successfully delivering on merger promises, by Ashee Sarin and Khalil Nasrallah.

 Seven steps to sustainability: A win for everyone, by Lorraine Wong and Christopher P. Adams.

 Shared IT services for governments: Governance, collaboration and the “me” factor, by Dalibor Petrovic.