Reinventing the Role of Government Communicators – A Collective Effort!

A Highlight from the upcoming NAGC Communications School. Can government communicators influence their leaders toward greater transparency? That’s the goal of a major effort in South Eastern Europe. Having done away with their socialist past in the early 1990s following the break-up of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, the nation states in the broader regionRead… Read more »

A Conscious Leader’s Approach To The Top 5 Leadership Questions from Government Supervisors…Part 2

As I mentioned before, when I started going through the top 5 questions that I hear from government supervisors, I realized that the article was getting rather long. As promised, here are the remaining questions…plus one bonus question that is often in the back of supervisors’ minds and never spoken. If you missed the firstRead… Read more »

School of digital

SchoolofDigital is bringing together something I’ve been wanting to do for a few years now – effective online training that brings together the advantages of e-learning with the benefits of face to face training. It’s a hard nut to crack, but with some of the experiments I’ve been running recently with Steve Dale, David WilcoxRead… Read more »

An Update on piXlogic: Next-Generation Visual Search Solutions for Workgroups and the Enterprise

By Bob Gourley piXlogic is widely known in the DoD and intelligence community for its ability to provide visual search solutions that automatically analyze and index the contents of images and video files, providing unparalleled levels of search functionality. They are also widely known in commercial industry, winning awards from such noted journals as KMWorld.Read… Read more »

The Moment of Oh! – Introduction (ebook free on the 5th)

Public servants and community leaders get a lot of things right. Because of their efforts, their communities enjoy services and benefits that the community rarely needs to consider. However, a few crucial decisions can become lightning rods for communities we know. This guide was written with those high-voltage community decisions in mind. We, the authors,Read… Read more »

Link roundup

I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Formal learning doesn’t have to be all that formal – Is Facebook Destroying the American College Experience? – ★ Open and Shut – Digital technology and care – how do we promote more connected thinking? – Why I won’t be rushing to attend KM conferences –Read… Read more »

TSP Talk Weekly Wrap Up

We saw volatility pick up last week, but as volatile as it was, the indices ended the week quite close to where they began, showing just minor gains or losses for the week. The bond fund (F) led the way with a 0.43% gain. Here are the TSP fund returns for the week of FebruaryRead… Read more »

Job Applications and Announcement

Employers will lose both fronts in my view whether they rely on a human talent software or on a real human to review job applications. Human Resources should do a better job in establishing the core requirements for each position that is advertised. These core requirements must be job-specific to help candidates decide if theyRead… Read more »

Teleworking-Good or Bad

I hope the Federal government will move forward in implementing the Telework Enhancement Act. The full implementation of the Telework Enhancement Act (2010) is also a contributing factor to the Clean Air Act in addition to national security argument. Yahoo’s ban of work-from-home will affect the morale of the workforce. Despite what the intent mightRead… Read more »

Performance Review or Appraisal

Rely­ing on job-specific criteria is required and is a legal foundation for a performance appraisal. I agreed, “Relying on job-specific criteria makes both managers and their people more comfortable when they discuss performance issues. It provides a focus to the strengths and weaknesses relevant to the job, as well as the justification for ratings. It’sRead… Read more »