The Public Service Research Panel, PSRPanel.org, is an online research panel of public service professionals who volunteer to participate in occasional web-based surveys and studies about the important work they do and the organizations they help lead. If you are a government or nonprofit professional, or graduate student planning a career in public service, youRead… Read more »
In what has become the seminal event of my year in learning for the past three years, tomorrow I arrive in Las Vegas for the annual DevLearn conference. I have enjoyed seeing the conference grow over the past several years and once again I am both honored and humbled to be a part of it.Read… Read more »
Imagine training others, not ony how to make the wheel, but how it could be used to make life easier. This trainer had a full-time job. He probably ate well, too, thanks to grateful people. I should probably explain the “Cave Man” thing. I wrote an inexpensive ebook called The Cave Man Guide to TrainingRead… Read more »
So the $16 muffin is back in the news as the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General made updates to its previous report by correcting the record, and bowing to the sensationalist media coverage that yes, the muffin itself did not cost $16. Correcting the record is a good thing. However, what the sensationalist mediaRead… Read more »
This is becoming redundant, but it was another wild week on Wall Street. We saw an average daily move of 167-points in the Dow with 4 of the 5 says being up or down triple digits. The big story of course was the announcement of the bailout in Europe. Whether this is a real fixRead… Read more »
Been away from my blog the past few days as I’m heads down packing to leave my corporate apartment for new digs. I had time then to mull over some ideas regarding Business and I.T. strategic alignment. These circled back to ideas I had in the 80s regarding Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) and a quoteRead… Read more »
The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from the Free PMP Exam Simulator at http://free.pm-exam-simulator.com – The answer is at the very bottom: —————————— What is risk tolerance? A.) Risks created by tolerating customer behavior.B.) Willingness to accept varying degrees of risk.C.) Risks created by zero tolerance.D.) Being tolerant if stakeholders are willing toRead… Read more »
That’s me as Captain Lesgate on my way to a murder. My own. These Questions and Answers lay out in plain and simple, in Cave Man terms, how easy it is to be misunderstood. Not only be misunderstood, but be quite funny in the process–intentional or not. Enjoy. While I suspect this series of jokesRead… Read more »
I enjoyed listening to my parents reading fairy tales to me when I was young. The Fairy Tale books were stacked neatly next to Dr. Suess in my bookcase waiting for me to pick which book one my parents would read to me at bed time. What network executive “Green Lighted” Grimm. Now when IRead… Read more »
New bargaining unit covers more than 1,400 employees at BRAC-consolidated HR center FORT KNOX, KY – The American Federation of Government Employees is now the exclusive representative for more than 1,400 Army civilian personnel specialists who provide human resources services to soldiers, veterans, retirees and Army families. Employees at the U.S. Army Human Resources CommandRead… Read more »