The Card That Turbocharges Your Relationships
Handwritten notes can go a long way toward strengthening your relationships with others and keeping your network active.
To Save Time, Do This
A list of five apps that will save you time.
5 Tips for Successful Office Fundraising
Successful fundraising involves money, but also some sweat equity. Contributing your time and talent could foster agency camaraderie.
My Ideal Manager is Yogi Berra
In the days following the passing of Yogi Berra, he is remembered not only for his great quotes, but for the care, dedication, and support that he gave to his players. Three qualities that business managers should also provide their employees.
Passing the Torch – Transferring Institutional Knowledge
The challenge facing government is how to transfer institutional knowledge before we lose our senior staff.
Break Down Silos at Work With Your Interpersonal Skills
Silos at work are the result of people feeling they need to protect their or their team’s interests more than they need the support of their colleagues.
The Public Sector Needs Fewer Tools and More Solutions
If you’ve ever wanted to build a house, you know there’s a lot to consider: location, design, features, and costs. We don’t really focus on the tools needed to make it happen — that’s for the construction company to figure out. Over the past 20 years of working on government tech projects, I’ve noticed thatRead… Read more »
Exploring the Role of the Big “D” Designer in Government
A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog arguing that everyone designs. In that post, I talked about how those of us with little to no design experience are still designers (just little “d” designers), as we work to improve situations and experiences around us. Big “D” Designers, on the other hand, are those individualsRead… Read more »
Happiness: The Output Not the Input
All of us want to be happy particularly at work where over a lifetime we spend more time with our colleagues than our families. Happiness is an important core workplace value of millennials who want meaningful work as soon as they walk into our agencies as they fast track their way to being an executiveRead… Read more »
9 Tips on Ending Feedback Phobia to Improve Your Workplace
A key to creating this open dialogue between management and employees is preventing feedback phobia on both levels. Here are nine tips on how to do just that.