Brian Drain -reposted

Ayn Rand foreshadowed it in her bestseller, Atlas Shrugged, but what can be done about brain drain? The NEO model offers a new kind of vision for leveraging intellectual property and assets During the past twenty odd years I have held various titles and positions – almost always with the same small twist to them.Read… Read more »

Public safety broadband network hits new roadblock

Tweet Print PDF Municipal public safety officials have gone to Washington to lobby for a proposed public safety broadband network. The network which would service only public safety, law enforcement and first responders is supported by the Obama administration but members of Congress are less sure of its merits. The network would cost taxpayers nearlyRead… Read more »

Seven Management Imperatives: Imperative Five – Respond to the New Security Environmen

Government leaders and managers have a fundamental responsibility to protect citizens from security threats. The weapons and tactics employed in many of today’s security threats do not require the traditional armies of the past. Malicious groups of people, down to a hostile individual operating within the homeland, can acquire and employ commercially available technology toRead… Read more »

Social insight into action

Hi all HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is one of the largest government departments here in the UK (not dissimilar to the US’s IRS). One of the areas of digital we have developed is ‘social listening’ (what the blog world, Facebookers, Tweeters etc are saying about us – with feeds pulled together into a ‘digitalRead… Read more »

The # 1 Challenge For New Project Managers

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, there lived tens of thousands of struggling professionals who wanted to get into project management. They found a blog on the internet called “pmStudent”. The man behind the writing and training really wanted to see them succeed and achieve their career goals. So the manRead… Read more »

Flexible Solar Cells by MIT

These aren’t your grandfather’s solar cells. In the video above, MIT shows off the flexibility – and durability – of their flexible solar cells. Any paper-thin solar cell that can be run through an ink jet printer (which contains special “inks” to make the cell) seems like a step in the right direction to us.Read… Read more »

Why Small Regional Training Conferences Are Most Effective

I recently published a blog on 5 Ways to Make Your Training Conferences Rock! But we all know that large training conferences aren’t always the most effective training platform. In fact, if we have to have a training conference at all, the smaller conference or meeting (sounds less formal) is the best face-to-face way toRead… Read more »

MN Gov. Dayton and legislature reach budget deal: Government to resume soon

Deltek. Sr. Analyst Chris Cotner reports. While still in the midst of the longest state government shutdown in U.S. history, Governor Dayton and the Republican-led state legislature announced an agreement that would soon end the standoff. Both have pledged to “work around the clock” until all of the details can be finalized. The Governor willRead… Read more »