Social Connect via: Do we have to resign ourselves to the 9-5 grind within our cubicle walls? Do we have to accept that “business as usual” is the norm and without great organizational leadership that can’t be changed? Do we have to accept that with little to no authority we can’t change anything about theRead… Read more »
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. – Theodore Roosevelt But all too often in government, another famous sayingRead… Read more »
After attending the Training Officers Consortium Annual Institute and the Diversity Conference this week, I noticed a lot of conversation centered on the need for innovation. A colleague of mine, Andy Beaulieu wrote this article for our blog and thought you all might enjoy it: Our initial article mentioned taking a systems perspective when itRead… Read more »
Brandon Glenn (Cleveland, OH) – Astronauts can encounter lots of potential health risks during long space flights. And those risks are exacerbated by a lack of access to physicians, limited medical supplies and a small amount of storage on spacecrafts. Add to that high costs – it takes $10,000 to launch one pound of anythingRead… Read more »
There’s a wealth of stories about what individuals learned from making mistakes, or how they recover from failures. Anyone who does not make mistakes (or admit them), will not be exposed to this expanded dimension of experience. This applies universally, regardless of sector or industry. I once had a boss who would ignore an ideaRead… Read more »
Social Connect via: My original plan this week was to post about March Madness which is the usual spending that seems to occur as the end of the government fiscal year approaches. That post will be released next week. This week, I want to address Canada’s Action Plan released by the Government of Canada asRead… Read more »
Long ago, Merlin Mann wrote, “Innovation is starting where the last person stopped.” I remembered that. I figure good ideas are a by-product of posting two a week and seeing 20 a month to exercise my thinker. Or keeping good notes. Which means having paper and a writing stick most of the time. And payingRead… Read more »
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. – Theodore Roosevelt But all too often in government, another famous sayingRead… Read more »
Government has spearheaded some pretty impressive tech advances, such as the advent of GPS and foundation for the Internet, despite government being popularly viewed as behind the curve – especially when compared to the private sector. So which is right? Chris Dorobek of DOROBEKInsider spoke with Kevin Stark, Director of Technology Solutions at NineSigma, aboutRead… Read more »
Social Connect via: This past week I have been reading a report by Deloitte called Government Disrupted, accessible at: http://www.deloitte.com/govdisrupted. This report takes a look at the public sector in an interesting light by focusing on the concept of disruptive innovation. Disruptive innovation is defined on Wikipedia as: An innovation that helps create a newRead… Read more »