It was a pleasant lunch. As usual in this business, the conversation was around leadership, organizations and culture. The point was made for the umpteenth time in my life that the federal government often promotes people into supervisory positions who are very skilled technically, but not very good in managing people. I invoked one ofRead… Read more »
If you haven’t read Google.org’s Clean Energy Innovation Report, you probably should. Google is well-known for investing heavily in clean energy technology, so when they put together a comprehensive report on the economic potential of clean energy innovation, we take notice. In this report, Google has sought to balance the interests of economic growth, environmentalRead… Read more »
Deloitte is a proud supporter of GovLoop. ————————————————————- I just watched this really great video from Deloitte about the evolution of the American workforce and how it applies to government. Great insight into what has happened over time and what needs to be done to ensure that our nation’s government is being as productive asRead… Read more »
This week’s episode of The Project Management Podcast: In this episode of The Project Management Podcast we are going to review “The Manifesto for Agile Software Development”. It is better known by the simpler name The Agile Manifesto and you can find it at http://agilemanifesto.org/. The focus of our review of the manifesto is (ofRead… Read more »
This week’s episode of The Project Management Podcast: In this episode of The Project Management Podcast we are going to review “The Manifesto for Agile Software Development”. It is better known by the simpler name The Agile Manifesto and you can find it at http://agilemanifesto.org/. The focus of our review of the manifesto is (ofRead… Read more »
Google announced Google+ yesterday, their latest attempt at getting success in the social networking arena. Techcrunch have a good write up of the details, but for the best coverage, it’s hard to top Steven Levy’s piece in Wired (indeed, Levy’s book on Google is also excellent reading). Of course, Google have got this wrong before.Read… Read more »
Happy Summer everyone! As you know on GovLoop, you are not subjected to blinking banner ads and annoying pop-ups. I think the future of advertising is that it has to be beneficial to the community. Thus, here on GovLoop, you’ll see us work with our awesome partners to put on educational online trainings, special areasRead… Read more »
With the impending departure of Baby Boomers from the workforce and the need to transfer knowledge from one generation of public servants to the next, there’s one idea that we’ve heard again and again: “we need a government-wide mentoring program.” Of course, there are several excellent mentor programs in individual agencies and at the stateRead… Read more »
Thinking about Japan’s magnetic levitation train of the future (34 years from now to be exact), Eric Jaffe writes about some “far-flung railway visions of the past” in The Infrastructurist. First up is a vacuum tube that would whisk passengers from Boston to New York at 1,200 miles per hour. Rocket scientist Robert Goddard cameRead… Read more »
A British designer has updated the iconic London Underground map, which was created in 1931. Designed by Mark Noad, the new version attempts to show routes and distances more accurately; an iPhone app is in the works. “Harry Beck’s original Underground map was a brilliant piece of information design but it has not been lookedRead… Read more »