I was sitting in a meditation talk, next to my favorite meditator. He said, “Do you meditate?” Yeeesss,,,kinda, but it’s not a sitting meditation like gurus, I tend to meditate in motion. I was working out with a trainer and we had developed an excellent age-specific workout for me Then he wanted to change it.Read… Read more »
TL;DR: It’s fantastic to see a city government get so enthusiastic about tech-enabling public participation. However, I’m a bit concerned that they may be jumping ahead too quickly, focusing on shiny technology when the basics still aren’t quite in place yet. Read my full post here: E-Participatory Budgeting in San Francisco
There are few people alive today who saw “today” coming. I know because our parents, grandparents, and even our great-grandparents (if we’re so lucky) tell us about the “olden days”; they talk about having the first telephone in their community; some of them were among the first families in their neighborhoods to own a carRead… Read more »
Not much progress to report on the Candlestick Charting application methods, but I have started to rough out the methodology in a PowerPoint deck. I started thinking “Seems like I’ve been here before”. Then as I was going through my achieve, there it was my notes, diagrams, spreadsheets, and presentations on applying portfolio management toRead… Read more »
The Department of Veterans Affairs has been in the cross-hairs of critics for delays in approving benefits for deserving veterans. Recent reports suggest that VA has turned the corner and is reducing its backlog. One factor: greater collaboration with veterans service organizations. In May, the VA announced a partnership with two veterans service organizations —Read… Read more »
MY OPINION! This blog posting from Michael Peters should be almost mandatory reading by anyone who uses a computing device (be desktop, laptop, tablet, smartphone, smartwatch etc.) The Truth about ID Theft: No fear mongering, no snake oil, just simple advice. After years of advising corporations, investment firms and being directly involved with helping peopleRead… Read more »
A lot of people think that the McKinsey’s of this world are the business geniuses. You hire McKinsey, Bain, or The Boston Consulting Group when you need to address big organizational problems–frequently those that involve broad reorganizations, massive cutbacks, reformulation of strategy, and culture makeovers. According to Bloomberg Businessweek in a book review of TheRead… Read more »
Many federal employees and retirees alike are concerned about being forced out of the FEHB program and into local health care exchanges that are mandated by President Obama’s Affordable Care Act. I’m not sure why it was called the Affordable Care Act when in reality insurance costs have already increased considerably across all sectors sinceRead… Read more »
DesignGov has just released the first iteration of their problem solving primer, a tool designed to share insights from the expertise and experience of decision makers and practitioners on what makes good problem solving. Released on their blog as A problem solving primer, it’s a great approach to start aggregating the combined wisdom of peopleRead… Read more »
Posted by John Verrico We all know that government budgets to go to conferences are practically non-existent nowadays. So communicators at all levels of government are working to find alternative ways of meeting with stakeholders, usually turning to online virtual solutions. But, as one communicator said in response to a survey earlier this year –Read… Read more »