I was sitting in a meeting listening to a social scientist creating a reality with his mouth. He was flashing his eyes, pointing his fingers, threatening doom. I noticed he didn’t have any experimental data or observation, he had a string of slogans and epithets, which having lost their original data and observation didn’t makeRead… Read more »
Quote: “Everything changes the moment you do.” – Anonymous When you make the decision to learn more, you have made the decision to earn more. But when we first undertake a project, we are gung ho about the idea and then our motivation begins to wane. That’s why it’s terribly important to get some helpRead… Read more »
Hypocrisy — It’s a vice we all hate. The opposite virtue to hypocrisy is authenticity or integrity. All of us want to be authentic in every aspect of our life and to be known as people of integrity, which by definition means that there are no seams between our professional and personal lives. As aRead… Read more »
Quote: “If I am through learning, I am through.” – John Wooden Wouldn’t you agree that people who have more information have a tremendous advantage over people who don’t? Dedicate yourself to lifelong learning. Set yourself apart from every one else in your organization, through continual learning. Commit to becoming better. The fact is thatRead… Read more »
It’s been four months since GSA launched our Managed Mobility Program. We’ve gotten positive responses to the program, but we see a few common misconceptions out there, so I thought I would help set the record straight. Let’s do a quick look at the most common questions we’ve received on our Managed Mobility Program. IsRead… Read more »
Quote: Everything you want is just outside your comfort zone.” – Robert Allen Think of your comfort zone as a self-imposed prison you’ve put yourself in. It consists of limiting thoughts and ideas about who you are and what you are capable of becoming. Perhaps you learned these limitations while you were young and theyRead… Read more »
Not long ago, staying in Cornwall entailed giving up on most modern forms of communication. This summer, the house we have rented there for the last few years had sprouted broadband. Not very fast broadband, admittedly, but a big improvement on no broadband at all- and it’s just there, no fuss, no charge. Back inRead… Read more »
A while back, I collaborated on a project to produce a document suitable for public dissemination. I noticed that when collaborators sent back edits and improvements to the draft’s author, each received a comment like: ‘Awesome Changes!’, or ‘This will really make our document Awesome!’, or ‘The new formatting is Totally Awesome!’. In reality, theRead… Read more »
The new Twitter profile pic for former DIAC/DIPD Twitter spokesperson Sandi Logan. Officials from the Department of Immigration and Border Control (formerly the Department of Immigration and Citizenship) have confirmed that Sandi Logan is no longer required to be a spokesperson for the department on Twitter (using his @SandiHLogan account). Reported in the Sydney MorningRead… Read more »
This blog post was written by my colleague John Weigelt. You can read more of his posts here. Governments everywhere are looking for opportunities to do more with less. One approach is to create a shared services organization so services can be consolidated across departments or agencies (the city of Frankfurt is a good example).Read… Read more »