The current economic climate has put a particular emphasis on the efficiency and effectiveness of organizational projects and IT portfolios. Programs and projects that are unable to demonstrate a reasonable return on investment are being punished, and in many cases rightfully so. Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on your particular vantage point, management’s axe is fallingRead… Read more »
I have an article titles Lies, Damn Lies and Open Data in Slate Magazine as part of their Future Tense series. Here, for me, is the core point: On the surface, the open data movement was about who could access and use government data. It rested on the idea that data was as much aRead… Read more »
“Oh yeah, I totally understand the health care system and the role that I, as well as doctors, nurses and other medical staff interact on my behalf” – No One. Let’s face it, the health care system hasn’t been something that any of us would call easy to understand or even a comfortable experience. BetweenRead… Read more »
It seems that change is afoot. The EEOC is seeking public comments (see below) on a proposed new strategic plan that it hopes will be more effective than the EEOC’s prior practice of filing individual lawsuits against select employers. In its new plan, the EEOC says it will strategically attack practices and issues that adverselyRead… Read more »
After a Labor Day hiatus, we are back. With none other than “The Work Song” by Corbin/Hanner. Original post
If you’re the President, can you say no to this? Of course not!! 🙂 Have a great rest of your weekend!! 🙂
What if you could create the innovation that is most exciting to you, not just work the project your boss wants? What if you could collaborate with a team of enthusiastic colleagues, not some people who care and some who couldn’t care less? What if you could show off your skills in front of theRead… Read more »
Girls are the Answer I often start my speeches, in every corner of the globe, with a video from The Girl Effect. My wife and two daughters know exactly why I care so much about the topic. And my daughter, now 13, has given me the best gift I could have asked for. She hasRead… Read more »
The word for this post is iteration. We’ll loop around to it by the end. So while this may look like a post about mountain bikes, it’s actually not. Outside of work, I spend quite a lot of time on the back of a bike. Sometimes, depending on the trail I’m trying to ride, IRead… Read more »
Stocks had a big post-holiday week with the help of some encouraging words out of Europe on Thursday, and a “weak” unemployment report on Friday? Here are the TSP fund returns for the week of September 4 through September 7, plus the up to date annual returns. The S&P 500 broke out to new 2012Read… Read more »