It may seem crazy to consider leaving a job when some may have only recently found a position or are still looking to land any job, especially in government. But the declining retention of millennials in the workplace – particularly the public workplace – is real. For a more free-spirited generation hungry for purpose andRead… Read more »
The pope is in D.C. and I got to see him yesterday during the Papal parade. Although the experience was unforgettable, the events leading up to the parade were nerve-racking and stressful. How could something so joyous bring me so much stress? As I strolled the streets of D.C. (at 5 AM) to head toRead… Read more »
The challenge facing government is how to transfer institutional knowledge before we lose our senior staff.
Silos at work are the result of people feeling they need to protect their or their team’s interests more than they need the support of their colleagues.
If you’ve ever wanted to build a house, you know there’s a lot to consider: location, design, features, and costs. We don’t really focus on the tools needed to make it happen — that’s for the construction company to figure out. Over the past 20 years of working on government tech projects, I’ve noticed thatRead… Read more »
A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog arguing that everyone designs. In that post, I talked about how those of us with little to no design experience are still designers (just little “d” designers), as we work to improve situations and experiences around us. Big “D” Designers, on the other hand, are those individualsRead… Read more »
It’s the ultimate catch-22. With limited time in the work day and an ever-growing stack of projects and assignments, how much time do government agencies really have to put into energizing their employees. Considering the gap between worker satisfaction in the private sector versus the public sector has nearly tripled since 2010, it is aRead… Read more »
A key to creating this open dialogue between management and employees is preventing feedback phobia on both levels. Here are nine tips on how to do just that.
September 23rd, 2015 is a day to remember in DC for a number of reasons. The first – I’m sure you can guess – the Pope is in town! Yet, amid all the commotion is one phenomenon that has rapidly been changing the way we work, commute, relate, and function: open data. Today, the Data TransparencyRead… Read more »
Developing healthy work habits isn’t easy but it is possible.