Good morning! Today we shift away from Eye-themed humor and bring you the Red Rockers song, “China.” Why? Because the Food and Drug Administration is sending food inspectors overseas to work with importers and food safety inspectors and will open its first overseas offices today in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, China. Send your news tips,Read… Read more »
We are searching for something. All of us. It’s easy to sling about labels like gen y, gen x, boomers, millenials. But half of us are in the “twixt” generation: dates not exactly right for the labels. So what are we looking for? What is the quest? What will keep the twixters engaged? I thinkRead… Read more »
That question has been cropping up a lot recently. It’s going to be a whole new world. Surely it will demand new things from us. The thinking around here is – not so much. It’s the same old competencies applied in a new context. Let’s take a couple of examples: 1. We recently had aRead… Read more »
Good morning! Alan Parson’s “Eye in The Sky” kicks us off today. Perhaps appropriate today since President Bush will announce his plans to ease holiday air traffic congestion during a speech at the Transportation Department. Leave your Eye-themed humor or pop culture suggestions in the comments section below. In other news… Burrowing: “Just weeks beforeRead… Read more »
Just thought folks might be interested in these two posts that capture the results of this interesting challenge….one of the game designs even featured a government situation! DevLearn08: The Great (and community-powered) ILS Challenge The Great ILS Challenge 08 – Part II – The Narratives
(cross-post from my blog, would love to be able to tie that into here) I am noticing a hockey stick-like moment for ning lately – at least in my circles. Brent stood up one for our summer session on 2.0, the folks behind Corporate Learning Trends and Innovations are using it as a framework forRead… Read more »
My Bounce Rate for the first 30 days of Google Analytic was 65.2%. 70% is Bad and 40% is really good.
Welcome to our Monday morning TSP / market commentary: (Updated daily at TSP Talk) Stocks could not follow-through on Friday after Thursday’s big reversal day, as the Dow gave back 338 of Thursday’s 553-point gain. The TSP stock funds dropped between 4% and 5.6%, which is really amazing, but quite routine lately. If there isRead… Read more »
Who’s a giant killer, baby? Virginia Military Institute defeated the University of Kentucky in a major college basketball upset tonight. The Hokie Guru loves David vs. Goliath stories. We all do!! It’s November madness with the Hokie Guru!! Cincinnati controls its own destiny in the Big East and has one college football’s best coaches inRead… Read more »
We have two challenges today. 1. The economy is in a funk and 2. We have too many organizational stovepipes So, why not convince the new administration to setup The Collaboration Fund. The fund would disburse awards to those government employees who were the best collaborators. The backbone of the program would be a governmentRead… Read more »