Last month, I held an online training for GovLoop members around the three key secrets for rising up to the challenge of leadership. For today’s column, I wanted to share a question from a participant of this training. Do you have the same recommendations for dotted-line managers—for people who must pull together different teams, perhapsRead… Read more »
I’m pretty sure my situation is not unique, so I thought I would reach out to this amazing community to ask, “What now?” When I first came to DC to pursue my MPP I knew it was going to be a challenge. I had zero experience in government or politics and the closest I hadRead… Read more »
For the third time this month, one of the new automated people-movers at Sacramento International Airport (CA) was shut down for repairs. Original post
According to British Transport Police, savvy criminals are using online information to plot thefts of metal cable from railroads. Original post
The MTA will refund ticket cancellation charges to about 300 passengers who returned tickets after a lightning strike knocked out LIRR service last month. Original post
I’ve written a couple of times about the WordPress based ideas crowdsourcing tool we’ve been working on at Kind of Digital, which is called CiviCrowd. We’re delighted that it’s now being used out in the open by South Holland District Council, to find the ideas people have to improve their local community. Ideas are enteredRead… Read more »
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 »