Things which caught my eye elsewhere on the web World building 201: Heuristics – Charlie’s Diary The ratio of the near future is: 90% of it is just like today, 9% is stuff that is on the drawing boards, and 1% is unutterably strange and alien and unexpected. Creativity at the heart of government –Read… Read more »
NetFlix has released its ‘manifesto’ detailing how they operate and why, a document that Facebook’s COO has described as “the most important document to ever come out of Silicon Valley” and that has attracted well over three million views on Slideshare. It is the best document I’ve ever seen on building a smart and innovativeRead… Read more »
Introduction: New ELGL Column: “An MPA From My Apt.” The New York Times published an article recently about the 10K B.A., a news concept inspired by a Bill Gates challenge. Governors in Texas, Florida, and Wisconsin are exploring what it would take to offer the equivalent of a four year college degree for less thanRead… Read more »
Today I tried out Street Bump – a mobile application designed and developed by Connected Bits, LLC and produced by the Mayor’s office of Boston. This application, available for the iPhone, picks up bumps in the road as people drive along a street with their phone. Because smoothness or “the ride” is one component weRead… Read more »
Hello! During the Wyatt’s well deserved vacation to a top-secret beachfront location, Kent has decided to take the questionable risk of letting me be the guest buzzer for February 12th. I currently work as the College Activities and Greek Life intern at Linfield College while applying to MPA programs. Before working for Linfield, I workedRead… Read more »
The future workforce will require managers with higher level of humility and humanity. It is not too much of the technical but the solf skills–how to create a harmony workforce and how to understand and listen to employee concerns and find ways to resolve them a quickly as possible. Managers of the future must notRead… Read more »
The Canadian Community for Dialogue and Deliberation, NCDD’s sister organization in Canada, invites the NCDD community to join them for the next installment in their Big Questions webinar series on THIS TUESDAY, February 12th, from 11:30am to 12:30pm Eastern. At their October 2012 face-to-face meeting, C2D2 Board members discussed some big questions about this fieldRead… Read more »
Greetings – I will be the Guest Buzzer for February 19 while the Wyatt’s take a well deserved break (I assume) in an undisclosed sunny location. Welcome to my introductory post – a test of sorts to see if I have the skills to do this in the future. I am the Labor and EmployeeRead… Read more »
The market had a little hangover earlier last week, after the big jobs report rally on Friday February 1. But a big reversal day on Thursday of last week, followed by a nice rally on Friday, and the market avoided its first losing week of the new year. Here are the TSP fund returns forRead… Read more »
This month marks the sixth anniversary of the start of this blog. With so many new readers visiting each year, I realize many might not know why this blog was started. So I thought I’d take a few moments to revisit the original reason the Public Works Group was formed and how it has evolved.Read… Read more »