Gadi Ben-Yehuda Talking Social. FCW has a recap of an AFCEA event on Social Media in Government, whie Alec Ross talks about diplomats’ use of Twitter, and we are warned that Social Media seems to be making us smarter, but what the right hand giveth. . . Mobile, Telework, and Crowdsourcing. These articles are interrelated,Read… Read more »
Fortunately, for many years, the water and wastewater industry did not experience too many breaches on the digital front. But a few years back, the Stuxnet virus showed up and our digital innocence was shattered. When this happened, I was somewhat surprised because of the lack of previous attacks, but I never really heard howRead… Read more »
If you’re reading this right now, you’re on a shiny new website created by Code for America and our collaborators at ClearLeft. We’ve been in testing for the last several weeks and this is by no means the end of development (we don’t believe in the end of development). But today, Valentine’s Day, is theRead… Read more »
Ten years ago I went on a date with a girl that was way out of my league. The dinner went well. I guess it was going so well that she decided to pop the dreaded “early stage question.” Here is an approximate manuscript from the evening (I’ll tie this back to work in aRead… Read more »
For the elderly and people with disabilities, snowstorms can mean being trapped at home unable to get to work, to the food store, to the pharmacy, or have the mail delivered. It can mean that for days, you’re stuck alone in your home fearful of what might happen and that the stability of your healthRead… Read more »
Silicon Valley is known for its technology, not its management, innovations. But some of its management innovations are worth looking at. Netflix’s HR policies rank right up there when it threw out the standard playbook! Former Netflix chief talent officer, Patty McCord, describes its key talent management tenets in a recent Harvard Business Review article.Read… Read more »
If you could show a $500,000 improvement in your organization’s bottom line, would you be a hero? If you could show a 75% retention rate in your pool of valued employees, would you be content? These are real life, internally verified savings of just a couple of our clients. Of course, not everyone reports theseRead… Read more »
Originally Posted by Mark Stelzner on August 11, 2008 at 6:57pm In watching coverage of the games last evening, my wife and I were discussing the overwhelming complexity involved in managing and deploying the Olympics. With so many nations each carrying such unique agendas and goals, what overarching principles are applied to such a multifacetedRead… Read more »
Summary: The digital divide has increasingly become about knowledge and adoption of new technologies rather than access. Which side of the divide are you on – are you a leader or a laggard? This post offers insights into the factors contributing to the growing chasm between those who have embraced and leveraged new technologies andRead… Read more »
It’s no secret the federal workforce has been treated like a punching bag for too long. Public animosity towards government is one factor contributing to low morale among feds. Poor morale may lead to decreased productivity and increased indifference to mission-related work. Other detrimental repercussions associated with low morale include employee disengagement and absenteeism. NowRead… Read more »