Abed Ali

We here at GovLab are guessing IRS. 1996?

As for the first agency, I’m gonna go with DARPA; 1993.

Those are absolute guesses, obviously.

I love the bit about personal and organizational mission alignment, but the first definition seems overly manipulative for some reason. Still could be true, I’m not suggesting it’s not, but it seems like focusing on mission alignment is a more positive, empowering spin on it.

I think you need a good mix of collaborative space, but time/space for solitude/privacy. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/opinion/sunday/the-rise-of-the-new-groupthink.html?pagewanted=all

I think they need to facilitate and empower their employees cross-boundary collaboration. Spend a lot of time outside their organization making connections that may inform/provide creative solutions to the problems their agency faces.