The celebration of IBM’s 100th birthday this month has focused the spotlight squarely on Big blue. In an industry where companies fail all the time, IBM’s ability to stay relevant is impressive. So how does a company like IBM manage to stick around for so long? As the ERP market analyst at Software Advice, IRead… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Does your organization suffer from “application bloat”? If you’re managing a different budget tracking system for each department or have to input every employee into multiple online training systems, your organization might have too many applications. State and local governments are trying to figure out ways to streamline their IT costs by consolidating and standardizingRead… Read more »
Calling all PMFs and former PMFs/PMIs… Join PMFeedback! What is PMFeedback? Young Government Leaders (YGL) wants to hear about your experience in the Presidential Management Fellows Program (formerly the Presidential Management Intern Program). Join PMFeedback to participate in YGL-hosted focus groups and surveys. You will be able to provide feedback on working at your agency,Read… Read more »
We’ve all been hearing a lot lately about generations and the generational divide, the generational gap, multi generational conflict in the workplace – some see it as a huge issue, some see it as a small issue, and some don’t see it as an issue at all – yet it is an issue. If theRead… Read more »
[Summary: Notes for a presentation on ‘Generation-Y’ and public services hosted by Institut de la Gestion Publique (Institute for Public Management), delivered on 27th June 2011, Paris] Below is a copy of the draft I wrote for a round-table discussion starter at today’s ‘Generation-Y and public services’ conference hosted at the Institut de la GestionRead… Read more »