“The choice is yours.” – W. Clement Stone Even in these hard economic times, some agencies are steadily growing and expanding. What does that mean for you? In a word, opportunity. Others agencies, such as mine are streamlining operations. But even with that there is still opportunity for promotions. So in your pursuit to landRead… Read more »
Code for America Yearbook is an ongoing series of my interviews with 2013 Fellows about their year at CfA. Last week I sat down with Sheila and here’s what he had to say. Name: Sheila Dugan Fellowship City: Oakland, CA Hometown: North Charleston, SC Current Neighborhood: Lake Merritt, Oakland Role: 2013 Fellow DOB: 5/26/85 Q:Read… Read more »
Boxer Advisors is constantly evolving to better serve our clients as a strategic thinking partner. Let me tell you about a few of our latest upgrades. First is our new corporate phone number, 301-896-9714. Please feel free to get in touch with me and my team—we want to know, where is your organization going andRead… Read more »
I’ve heard that question from a lot of over-stressed federal leaders and managers. When the fire hose is on full force and the scrutiny is increasing, having a team that can’t produce is a killer. I sympathize and I think there are at least four possible reasons why. 1. They actually are incompetent, or moreRead… Read more »
There are a lot of IT Vendors throwing around the term “Business Value“. So much so I think the term is losing its value. The trouble is that almost everyone is trying to justify to the widest customer base some form of rationalization as to why their product or service is worth procuring. Typically, inRead… Read more »
Wordle is a great – and free! – resource for creating word clouds. This post offers a primer for organizations and individual professionals in particular that addresses Why, Where, What, and How and shares specific Wordle tips. Additional tips, examples and applications are welcome. Most everyone knows what a word cloud or a tag cloudRead… Read more »
During my office relocation project I’ve started sorting, purging and scanning files from my archive. As I look back I’ve been on or lead lots of interesting projects. I’ve been fortunate to have the trust of many brilliant mentors and executives, such that they gave me projects to challenge me or I was too foolishRead… Read more »
“The world has a habit of making room for the man whose words and actions show that he knows where he is going.” – Napoleon Hill In order to attain professional achievement, you must decide what you really want from your career. Then once you make the decision, you have to manage it, by stickingRead… Read more »
We hear a great deal about the number of people in Australia that are of voting age, but haven’t registered to vote, however we don’t hear a lot about how Australia compares to the rest of the world in this regard. I sought out some data from the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral AssistanceRead… Read more »
I recently returned from a holiday in Cornwall where for the most part I had a forced exclusion from the internet due to staying in a beautiful location a few miles from anywhere. What this got me thinking about was the individual choice about being disconnected from the internet and that it wasn’t my decisionRead… Read more »