RCTs in Government (That’s Randomised *Coffee* Trials)
Serendipity is a staple ingredient of creativity and innovation.
Proud To Do Things “Like a Girl”
Welcome to Super Bowl Monday, everybody! For those of you who hoped Super Bowl shenanigans ended strictly at the stroke of midnight and whatever team/players/coaches you didn’t care for would turn into pumpkins…I’m sorry. You will undoubtedly overhear people discussing every facet of the game, every commercial, and every second of the halftime show allRead… Read more »
State Technology: A Case For Less Rules, And More Collaboration
Less rules and more talking. Sounds fun, right? Mitch Herckis, Director of Government Affairs at the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), is a proponent of more communication and less outright bans for government cybersecurity. He recently spoke with Christopher Dorobek, host of the podcast DorobekINSIDER, on cybersecurity regulations on the state governingRead… Read more »
Is Foresight an Ethical Imperative for Leaders?
Is it leaders’ ethical responsibility to use foresight to ensure that today’s decisions reflect the needs of tomorrow?
6 Awesome Government Jobs
Government jobs get a bad rap for putting employees behind a mountain of paper in a desolate land of poorly lit cubicles. Admittedly, those jobs do exist. However, the federal government also has a few opportunities that let you jump out of a plane, explore our national parks, or even hang out with lions. Six of theseRead… Read more »
Introducing the GovLoop 2015 Spring Fellowship Cohort
Over the past four years, GovLoop has hosted a Graduate Fellowship Program in which current or recent graduate students and college graduates have joined us for a semester or more to contribute to our mission to “connect government to improve government.” We’ve had over 40 fellows support us on our core projects, including our research guides,Read… Read more »
Conflict and Innovation – Give Yourself Options
You can’t determine conflict outcomes by following any process. But you can own your behavior to give yourself options – and increase the chances of making conflict constructive.
5 Ways to Have A Quick One While He’s Away
It’s lunch time here at the cubicle farm and I’m distracted while trying to come up with a clever subject for this week’s blog. I have three, seriously three, colleagues sitting near me clearing their throats every 30 seconds or so. Not in time or anything synchronized because that would be very funny. I don’tRead… Read more »
GIS-based Real Property Management for Government
Recently, GovLoop, Esri, and PenBay Solutions hosted an online training titled, “Facilities are Mission Critical: GIS-based Real Property Management for Government”, to illustrate how facility managers can utilize GIS to improve building and real property management. The speakers for the online training included: Bill Barron, Chief Executive Officer of PenBay Soltutions Benton Yetman, Director/Strategic Technology atRead… Read more »
Tell Me Straight: Plain Language in Governance
Reading wordy language is a real pain. As a graduate student of a social sciences discipline (I recently got a Masters’ in gender studies), I saw some of the most ridiculous examples of convoluted and elaborate language out there – social theory seems to spontaneously inspire this habit. It was annoying as a student, asRead… Read more »