Several readers have had questions about the seminar announcements at the bottom of our blog posts. We have a strong lineup for October so here is some explanation. Ken Kropkowski of The Ken Group told me a seminar is a group of interested individuals gathering to discuss an announced topic. Dick, Joe, Jack, and Bruce,Read… Read more »
After 15 or more years on the job, many Gen-Xers are ready to make the jump from individual performer to leader. However, many aren’t seeing any leadership opportunities emerge, and they’re ready to jump to the private and nonprofit sectors for their leadership moment. Here are a few tips for senior leaders looking to retainRead… Read more »
Today Microsoft released Grants360, a grants management solution developed by Microsoft partners, TrueTandem and Infostrat. Microsoft Grants360 streamlines the grants process from initial solicitation through approval and awards.Grants360 allows customers to manage reviewer information, manage award information, protect grant information, maximize user productivity, and enhance communication with applicants. For more information please visit our Grants360Read… Read more »
I’m a big fan of Kevin Curry and the whole CityCamp movement….so thought I would reach out and hear a little a bit about the history of CityCamp and where it is going. 1 – What is CityCamp? CityCamp is an unconference focused on innovation for municipal governments and community organizations. Our tag line isRead… Read more »
I was going to post more about Process Intelligence and the Adaptive Project Framework last Monday but I was snowed under at work. Good thing because John Kamensky posted a great comment on President Obama’s Accountable Government Initiative. As I read the snapshots of the six initiatives, I was struck by how the success ofRead… Read more »
There is something fascinating to me about the doomsday clock—where we attempt to predict our own self-destruction and hopefully prevent it! The chart in this post from the Mirror in the U.K. shows the movement of the Doomsday Clock over the last 60 plus years. Currently in 2010 (not shown in the chart), we standRead… Read more »
Here’s a re-posting of a piece I co-authored with Jonathan Breul, Robert Shea, and Jitinder Kohli on the Center for American Progress’s “Doing What Works” website. It’s significant in that it is by senior staffers who worked on government performance issues from the Reagan, Clinton, and both Bush administrations. It explains why the Senate shouldRead… Read more »
This is what the folks at the IBM Center for the Business of Government found interesting this week. Gadi Ben-Yehuda Civic Commons launched, with a blog, a wiki, and way for governments to share apps. Pew Research’s Susannah Fox wrote about the mobile web. She writes that “six in ten Americans go online wirelessly.” LovisaRead… Read more »
I’m a full time grad student in Public Policy that is beginning my final year of school. This means that I have to find a job soon. Sigh. Since I’m a health policy wonk, I’m thinking that the Government may be a good fit for me. This blog is going to document my final yearRead… Read more »
Can we define what leadership is, so that when it shows up we’ll recognize it? Alas, it’s an impossible task! Such a variety of ideas exist on this subject that it seems too difficult to say something new or vaguely original about it. A quick glance at the current theories of leadership reveals a wideRead… Read more »