Yearly Archives: 2013

Merry Christmas

I would like to wish all of my blog readers a wonderful Christmas and a New Year filled with health, happiness and epic new adventures in your professional and personal lives. Thank you for putting up with my random posting patterns this year as I adjusted to becoming a father and also a partner atRead… Read more »

Guarding against the Grinch: How NORAD’s Santa Tracker helps Santa– and NORAD’s image

This time of year, there are two critical questions all good North American citizens are asking themselves: Why does the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) help track Santa—call sign “Big Red One”– every year on Christmas Eve? How does NORAD guard against the Grinch, Jack Frost and the Abominable Snowman to keep Santa safeRead… Read more »

Hidden Superpowers of Balanced Creative Teams

I’m always intrigued by team dynamics, what makes good ones work well? what causes problems? etc. We’ve all likely worked in great and not so great environments. So what makes a great team and what attributes should you look for when building your team? In a recent article on 99u.com Emily Cohen wrote about “TheRead… Read more »

You Clicked – See the top DorobekINSIDER Posts from 2013

The end of the year means two things: setting unrealistic New Year’s resolutions and endless retrospectives. While we can’t force you to put down the cake and pick up a carrot, we can help you do your job better by highlighting some of the biggest and best innovations to come out of government in theRead… Read more »

TSP Talk Weekly Wrap Up

On Wednesday the Fed announced that they will begin to taper their $85 billion a month bond buying program by $10 billion and investors seem to applaud the action as stocks soared with the Dow gaining nearly 300-points on the day. Now we head into the strongest seasonal strength of the year for stocks soRead… Read more »

Ending Washington Paralysis with Dialogue and… a Third Party?

We recently read a fascinating piece from our friends at Public Agenda, an NCDD member organization, covering the highlights from their recent Policy Breakfast event. The reflections from former Sen. Bill Bradley have interesting and provocative insights for the state of dialogue in Washington, D.C., and we encourage you to give them a read. YouRead… Read more »

Reed Duecy-Gibbs: Why I’m Coding for America

In my eyes the most significant phenomena that are reorganizing society and our planet are the explosion of urban populations and the rise of digital information technology. These trends, for better and worse, are disrupting our physical and societal landscapes. And regardless of how you feel about these changes they are occurring. If you hadRead… Read more »