By Ryan Kamauff In this podcast I discuss some of the weeks earlier cyber news, including some GSA conference cancellings, USAF changing the way they manage cyber workforce, DISA looking for PKI infrastructure services, Cyber Czar Mark Weatherford stepping down, security in the new GSIV and the BlackBerry Z10, as well as continued ICS honeypotRead… Read more »
In spite of many economic uncertainties, the nonprofit sector continues to be a growing industry. In America alone, nonprofits contributed goods and services equal to $779 billion in business (accounting for 5.4 percent of the GDP). They also accounted for 10 percent of the jobs in American in 2009. In spite of all that, however,Read… Read more »
Unfortunately due to some travel issues I missed some of the morning sessions at the Troux Worldwide Conference and apparently I missed some absolutely spectacular presentations. They included: “The New Normal” by Peter Hinssen and “The Journey to Business Value” by Bill Cason, but I did get there in time to catch some really goodRead… Read more »
Brian Sullivan’s Design like DaVinci was apparently one of the highlights of SXSW 2013, and came to me recommended by Slideshare. Brian’s presentation was excellent in so many ways, I recommend it as a must see. Excellent criticism provides context and extends meaning. Design Like DaVinci is the jackpot. Design Like DaVinci is about workRead… Read more »
Originally posted at the Government Affairs Institute The continuing resolution (CR) that passed in the House on March 6 was expected to easily pass in the Senate last week (wait a minute; did I just say “easily pass in the Senate”?). Both bills would fund the government at sequester level spending through September 30. TheRead… Read more »
Man Rushes Stage During Kansas City Mayor’s State of the City Address Welcome Newest Members Abby Coppock, City of Portland, Office of Management and Finance, Management Analyst Upcoming Forums March 21: ELGL Willamette Valley Presents “No Comment” — and Other Stupid Things You Should Never Say to Media April 11: Greg Baker, Damascus City ManagerRead… Read more »
On the second day of Watercon, I alternated between attending sessions and visiting with exhibitors. Because of access to an outlet, I was only able to live blog a few of the sessions. The links to those are below: Ice Pigging: Cleaning Mains with Ice – I first heard of this technique from a co-workerRead… Read more »
There is no standard project management approach that works for all projects. The choice of the right approach for managing a project depends on various factors, ranging from the complexity and type of project to the experience in conducting projects of the organization, the customer’s willingness to be involved in the project, and the normRead… Read more »
This is cross-posted from a site my friend Misha Gouberman’s created to explore an idea. We’ve been doing some very light scheming thinking about the following event. What follows is a piece he wrote that I’d love to get thoughts or reactions about from friends in the GTA… A one-day event for people who workRead… Read more »
Here’s a little something to remember as we interact with our internal and external customers, stakeholders, and partners. From: http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/03/the_ideal_praise-to-criticism.html … Top performing teams give each other more than five (5) positive comments for every criticism. …