I don’t know that this is a blog post so much as it is a hopeful roll call for some of your brightest ideas for creating community in the work place. How do you build morale and camaraderie, particularly when organizational structure still involves silos to some degree? I’m talking beyond the office potluck lunch,Read… Read more »
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The undervalued art of note taking
Taking notes is probably one of the simplest things any of us does on a regular basis. Even though it’s something we have all been done since grade school, it’s still one of the most important things we do. This may be because I’m starting to forget more things or maybe it’s the only wayRead… Read more »
How Will the Rise of Social Business Facilitate How We Manage Change Better?
Reposted from original entry located on the IBM Government Consulting Perspectives Blog: Just a week or so ago, the IBM Connect 2013 Conference was kicked off by IBM’s General Manager for Social Business, Alistair Rennie. In front of thousands of thought leaders from around the globe, he marked the beginning of a journey that manyRead… Read more »
Creating Dual Operating Systems
Harvard business sage John Kotter writes “We can’t keep up with the pace of change, let alone get ahead of it.” He says the historical success of hierarchical structures “can’t handle the challenges of mounting complexity and rapid change.” Large companies (and governments) cannot ignore the daily demands of running large enterprises that depend onRead… Read more »
Is it time to abandon the term ‘Government 2.0’?
What’s in a name? that which we call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweet; Romeo and Juliet – William Shakespeare The term ‘Government 2.0’ was coined a number of years ago now, as a way of describing a set of new opportunities and activities for governments and citizens enabled by digital technologiesRead… Read more »
Is Your Business a “Benghazi”?
So by now most of you are aware of the incident that occurred at the US Embassy in Benghazi on September 11th 2012. An independent panel was established by the U.S. Government to further investigate how the attack occurred, how it was handled, and what can be done to prevent such future issues from takingRead… Read more »
Are public servants “connected”?
Social Connect via: I’ve always been bad at introductions and this blog post will not be any different. The idea for this post has been floating in my head for several months but I’ve only realized the inspiration for it recently. I’ve always said that this blog will be on subjects as they come toRead… Read more »
Survey Provides Insights to Future of GIS Technology for Government – Mobile, Cloud, Awareness
Over last few weeks, GovLoop has been rolling out a series of posts covering one of our latest resources, Identifying the Promise of GIS for Government. In this report, the GovLoop team identified leading case studies, best practices, and ran survey of GIS professionals. The hope of the report was to show how powerful GISRead… Read more »
Debunking the “risk” of working more openly
I’ve heard a lot of chatter recently about how we (public servants) can’t work in a more openly because of the “risks” of putting our information “out there”. I’ve always tried to push back on people who hide behind the risk argument because, quite frankly, I feel as though their fears are vacuous, unfounded, andRead… Read more »
Why do I need to “Transform” my organization?
Are strange forces at work driving change in your organization? Why do I need to transform the organization? Wouldn’t a little tweak here or change there be good enough? I like to use the term organizational transformation because I think it more clearly portrays the shift in thinking and execution required to effect real changeRead… Read more »