I was in a meeting yesterday where I heard, “Well you’re the only one with skills to do that. The rest of us came up in corporate environments.” Lesson: The skills we develop are appropriate for our current environment. In Reamde, I remember two telling realizations. Zula, the refugee niece, understood that looking good byRead… Read more »
CRM, BPM, KM, ECM. These are the abbreviations of new electronic management or “M” models that have emerged with the growth of the Internet. They relate to the management of traditional business practices ranging from customer relations to knowledge to business assets that are now enabled electronically through the Web and complimentary devices. Their useRead… Read more »
The Santa Cruz Museum’s Carranza Collection I am a huge museum nerd. Well, this shouldn’t be too much of a surprise since I work in an art museum! I love finding small, sometimes off the beaten path, museums. While walking around Toledo, Spain last summer I came upon the Santa Cruz Museum. Much like ourRead… Read more »
As a working actor and a working trainer, you could say I am a performance critic. In my other life as a psychologist, I see a wide range of similarities. Instead of comparing business and theatre definitions of performance, I thought a good way to present this issue in the best light is to highlightRead… Read more »
This FREE video:http://bit.ly/pmpstep1 will give an overview of how you can determine your eligibility to take the PMP Certification Exam with regards to your training and experience. It covers PMI’s requirements such as educational background, project management experience and project management education for you to be able to take the exam. Learn and enjoy! OriginalRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Luke Harris reports. In November, the widely-anticipated LA-RICS project request for proposals (RFP) was released, and on December 6, Los Angeles County, Calif., released an associated RFP for project and construction management services. The RFP seeks a vendor to manage the LA-RICS project in accordance with the highest professional standards. The consultant isRead… Read more »
What do you get when you combine experts/thought leaders in the innovative spaces of health communications, a generous helping of research/public health practitioners and a sunny Florida? Why, you get the Digital Health Communications Extravaganza of course! Put together by my friend and colleague Jay Bernhardt (who I’ve interviewed before at a conference he putRead… Read more »
Thanks to Voice of America for sharing their wrap-up video with us! Original post
Come join us for our Housewarming & Wikithon on Tuesday, December 20. We moved into our new wiki platformand are hosting a potluck–you bring the content for the Mobile Gov wiki and we’ll it build together. The Housewarming Wikithon is an open-house from 3-5 pm. Come for a minute, come for the entire time, comeRead… Read more »
Improvement is easy. But only if it emerges over time, has buy-in from the people involved, and tracks with reality instead of the fantasy in some manager’s head. This approach comes from a long study of Lean and most recently inflences from the great book by Eric Ries, The Lean Startup. It’s simple and canRead… Read more »