Excellence.gov Awards were created to recognize government programs that provide substantive improvements in government activities. But that is not the whole story – At a time when government employees were singled out at the cause for everything wrong in the world, we felt that it was important to put faces on the great things thatRead… Read more »
The First Rule of Brainstorming: Suspend Disbelief This interview with Kon Leong, co-founder, president and chief executive of ZL Technologies, an e-mail and file archiving company, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. Q. Tell me about some important leadership lessons you’ve learned. A. One of my early jobs was selling computer hardware. What IRead… Read more »
Well today is Valentine’s Day and it’s generally a time when you show appreciation for those you love and those you care about. A lot of people will probably be leaving work a little bit early today to go out with the folks they care most about and share some time together. I don’t believeRead… Read more »
Thought you might be interested in this article I wrote regarding how to improve your scores on the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey: The results of the latest government-wide Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey have been released. Over 687,000 federal employees completed the FEVS survey, and according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (PDF): The 2012Read… Read more »
So far in this series, I’ve written about mobile technology, connected sensors, 3D Printing (which I called Products-on-Demand or PonD), and Advanced Sharing. Each of these is important, but the capstone, what will act as a force-multiplier for each, is a better understanding of and method for identity management. Think about an average week forRead… Read more »
by Allan Rubin, Vice President, Marketing I noticed an interesting juxtaposition of subject lines in my (overflowing) email in-box today. Early in the day, I saw this message from Defense Systems: DISA collaboration tool doubling its capacity The top story was summarized as follows: “The enterprise collaboration tool known as Defense Connect Online is aboutRead… Read more »
by Allan Rubin, Vice President, Marketing I noticed an interesting juxtaposition of subject lines in my (overflowing) email in-box today. Early in the day, I saw this message from Defense Systems: DISA collaboration tool doubling its capacity The top story was summarized as follows: “The enterprise collaboration tool known as Defense Connect Online is aboutRead… Read more »
By Guy Clinch Now Playing: Avaya TechTalk 007: The City of Taylor – Originally posted on Avaya.com Listen now! Introduction: Avaya Tech Talk host Guy Clinch interviews Charlie Mitchell, account manager at SunTel. SunTel Services has been meeting the communication needs of commercial clients in Michigan since 1986. They provide complete life-cycle services for voice,Read… Read more »
I am a graduate student at George Washington University and I am fortunate enough to be taking a leadership class with a former high-level government official. My professor has served at the highest levels of government, and provides a first hand account how to lead large, complex and bureaucratic government agencies. Every Thursday I’ll postRead… Read more »
Michael Hancock was elected Mayor of Denver Colorado in 2011. Hancock has established a vision of creating a world-class city where everyone matters by focusing on three priorities for his administration: kids, jobs and a safety net for the less fortunate. To achieve success Mayor Hancock has developed a Peak Performance initiative. The goal ofRead… Read more »