The Office of Personnel Management has been making some real progress in terms on innovation. In fact they are the only agency to rise up the ranks of the Partnership for Public Service’s Innovation Index. (Listen to our interview with Tom Fox about the Innovation Index here.) But how did they do it? Matt CollierRead… Read more »
Innovation is challenging, but the Office of Personnel Management has been making some real progress. A few weeks ago, we told you about what feds themselves think of government innovation — the Partnership for Public Service analysis of the federal viewpoint survey data. That data show that OPM has made great strides in making innovationRead… Read more »
Note: This is the first of a 3-part series on how Federal organizations can best exploit the potential of cloud computing in the Federal IT enterprise. The cloud is rapidly becoming the way to conduct the business of IT across the industry. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings are maturing – both internally and acrossRead… Read more »
Originally published on Tri Tuns blog Insights. As ‘user adoption’ is becoming a better-known aspect of IT implementations one thought leader in particular stands out. And one of the things we at Tri Tuns love about Michael Sampsonis his distinct ability to distill the complexities of user adoption into an easily understood and digested reasonedRead… Read more »
On today’s program Working in procurement is a little like working in a maze, there are lots of new and different regulations around every corner. But there are some ways to make it easier. Joe Jordan is the administrator in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. He’ll tell us his tips.Click here for the fullRead… Read more »
Often times it is the small things in the operation of an organization that highlights bigger dysfunctional issues. The process of obtaining a street banner to advertise a community event in Buffalo is an example of a small item that highlights bigger issues. One of the great things about living in the Buffalo area isRead… Read more »
“I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead,” Mark Twain. Writing clearly and concisely is a challenge for anyone, but it’s been an even bigger challenge for the federal government — they are plagued with the dreaded Gov-Speak. But for the past two year’s they’ve been workingRead… Read more »
My son is nearing two and half years old. Just in the past couple days, he’s started asking the question that seems to be the serial signature of kids his age: “Why?” It reminded me of a principle I learned in my project management training: the importance of asking “why?” five times to determine theRead… Read more »
Zig , Harvey, and Dale contributed significantly to my professional development. How? By telling stories to show the benefit of doing something a certain way. Ziglar would talk about ‘the Redhead’ and ‘Yazoo’, Mississippi while weaving his lessons about listening and giving value. Mackay would wrap his storytelling around applying the laws of human natureRead… Read more »
It might not seem like the perfect time to ask federal agencies to take on a new challenge. We know you’ll disagree since this new challenge will decrease costs and advance goals that transcend agency borders. Americans expect government to “lead by example” to stave off climate change, reduce pollution, stimulate green domestic jobs, improveRead… Read more »