Today’s economy is a challenging environment for economic development, but it’s no zombie apocalypse. With The Walking Dead setting ratings records, it’s safe to say plenty of economic development professionals watch every episode. But does this nerve-wracking saga of desperate survivors battling flesh-eating zombies offer anything worth pondering from an economic development standpoint? Of courseRead… Read more »
This post is penned by Rob Davis, a former Code for America intern and civic hacker in South Florida, and is cross-posted from rob.d. Participating in my first civic hackathon in Florida was more than amazing, and to my surprise, my fellow Floridians were actually embracing the idea. “Hacker is a loaded word,” Richard BookmanRead… Read more »
It’s hard to try to put in words what your experiences has been at a conference, when time pass (10 days) so fast. The Government has that effect, it’s like a vortex, you lose track of time, your days seems to fly and it’s hard to stop and watch the path you had walked. So…Read… Read more »
Yesterday I gave a presentation to the Victorian Government’s Communicators’ Group, discussing how effective government had been at meeting the challenge of rapid change throughout the last thirty years. As part of my presentation I revisited the area of government 2.0 – giving my view that there’s no longer such a thing – it’s nowRead… Read more »
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Last year, the Harvard Business Review named data science the “sexiest job of the 21st century.” There’s substantial evidence to back up this bold claim as the excitement surrounding big data across sectors and industries continues to grow, calling on the right professionals to mine, analyze and interpret society’s vast data supply. Below are threeRead… Read more »
I think that one of the most common mistakes made when delivering a product or deliverable is how easy it is to get so wrapped up in the correctness of the content and meeting the letter of the requirement, that we forget to make things interesting. We forget to take a little bit of timeRead… Read more »
The increasing chorus of calls for more accountability reaches beyond recent demands for firing officials at the IRS, VA, and GSA for various perceived misdeeds. Just what is accountability, and how can it be seen as a constructive, instead of a punitive, element of public management? Recent legislation imposes new accountability requirements in the formRead… Read more »
No matter what industry you work in, every company, every team, every organization has one ability that they all share: the ability to choose what type of person that enters into the company. People are, undoubtedly, a company’s most valuable asset. Companies differ in goals, strategies, structure, processes and cultures according to the values andRead… Read more »
By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. The future of military sensor systems: self-powered wireless Android boxes – DARPA’s new prototype sensor is an Android device with customized software. It allows sensor equipment to be plugged in as need be. The capability will be named ADAPT, and debutRead… Read more »