Get Your High-Performance Analytics Info at This ‘One-Stop Shop’
Get Your High-Performance Analytics Info at This ‘One-Stop Shop’ http://t.co/9fYyDCpM #SAShpa #bigdata
Smokers Wanted. Lit: A mobile game for smoking reduction
If you’ve ever smoked, and tried to quit, chances are you know how much fun quitting, and quit attempts, aren’t. The cravings, the mood swings, the weight gain – ugh! What if quitting smoking was fun instead? Funded by a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pioneer Program grant, Lit2Quit is a mobile game that aims toRead… Read more »
Forrester Research names Workday Leader in Human Resource Management Systems
Forrester Research names Workday Leader in Human Resource Management Systems – read report here: https://www.workday.com/landing_page/report_forrester_wave_lp.php?camp=70180000000koV8&campid=ussm_gl_lo_ps_257
Sick Time at *Work*?
In a Results-Only Work Environment, paid time off is unlimited as long as the work gets done. That applies to sick time as well – keeping in mind laws and compliance around leaves of absence. Looking at the true intention of ROWE, if someone doesn’t feel well or can’t work, they get paid and noRead… Read more »
SAS Hadoop – A Peek at the Technology
Intrigued? Check out more info here, with the release of SAS Hadoop today! http://blogs.sas.com/content/datamanagement/2012/03/06/sas-hadoop-a-peek-at-the-technology/
The Politically Proficient Project Manager
If you are a project manager, you will have to deal with organizational politics in virtually every part of your work. Whether it’s trying to attract a sponsor, grab a star performer for your project team, or compete with another project manager for scarce resources, every decision you make will have a political impact. IfRead… Read more »
5 Obstacles To Making Your Local Government Innovative
In these difficult economic times local governments need to be more innovative in how they operate. Local governments will not be able to cut their way out of their current budget crisis, instead they will have to find ways of delivering services that are smarter, faster and cheaper. Creativity and innovation are needed in localRead… Read more »
Talk at City Forum in Austin This Thursday: Trends in E-participation
I’ll be talking about “e-democracy: New Trends in On-line Public Deliberation” at City Forum in Austin this week: City Forum is a planning and urban issues speaker series hosted by the Community and Regional Planning Student Organization (CRPSO) and the Community and Regional Planning Program (CRP) at the University of Texas at Austin. The bi-weeklyRead… Read more »
Why Place Matters Conference
From the Davenport Institute: “Join us for a policy-focused follow up to last year’s “A Place in the World” conference. THURSDAY • MARCH 22, 2012 • 1-5 PM Pepperdine University Drescher Graduate Campus Auditorium The places where we spend our days – our homes, neighborhoods, and cities – shape us as much as we shapeRead… Read more »
Brief Thoughts on Various Issues and Items of the Day
Myth-Busters: This week I traveled to Fort Worth and provided a policy update to the Greater Southwest Region’s 2012 Alliance for Quality Business Solutions Training Conference and Partnership Meeting. Next week I am off to St. Louis for the Heartland Region’s Facilities Maintenance and Hardware Center Industry Event entitled “The Innovation Locomotion.” GSA is toRead… Read more »