As part of my office relocation project this month I’m reviewing, purging and scanning materials from my project archive. Today I scanned a few of my 1980s projects at Rockwell International and Lockheed. It’s amazing all the advanced R&D these companies gave me to do: Building a PDM for the B1-B program, Developing and implementingRead… Read more »
My thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of and first responders to the Washington Navy Yard shootings — http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/police-search-for-active-shooter-on-grounds-of-washington-navy-yard-in-southeast-dc/2013/09/16/b1d72b9a-1ecb-11e3-b7d1-7153ad47b549_story.html?wpisrc=al_national
Article Excerpt for Discussion “Managing human capital in the federal workforce is a challenge that has plagued presidential administrations and Congress for the past three decades. Significant issues such as homeland security threats, fiscal imbalances, generational differences, and disruptive technologies have caused senior leaders to rethink the traditional management approaches in use since the industrialRead… Read more »
BAE Systems has joined the Transportation Department’s $13.6 million initiative to develop hydrogen fuel with the goal of marketing fuel cells to the transportation sector, Hydrogen Fuel News reported Monday. DOT will distribute funding for eight hydrogen fuel projects and BAE will serve as a manufacturing partner of Ballard Power Systems, SunLife Transit Authority andRead… Read more »
I was sitting in a meditation talk, next to my favorite meditator. He said, “Do you meditate?” Yeeesss,,,kinda, but it’s not a sitting meditation like gurus, I tend to meditate in motion. I was working out with a trainer and we had developed an excellent age-specific workout for me Then he wanted to change it.Read… Read more »
TL;DR: It’s fantastic to see a city government get so enthusiastic about tech-enabling public participation. However, I’m a bit concerned that they may be jumping ahead too quickly, focusing on shiny technology when the basics still aren’t quite in place yet. Read my full post here: E-Participatory Budgeting in San Francisco
There are few people alive today who saw “today” coming. I know because our parents, grandparents, and even our great-grandparents (if we’re so lucky) tell us about the “olden days”; they talk about having the first telephone in their community; some of them were among the first families in their neighborhoods to own a carRead… Read more »
Not much progress to report on the Candlestick Charting application methods, but I have started to rough out the methodology in a PowerPoint deck. I started thinking “Seems like I’ve been here before”. Then as I was going through my achieve, there it was my notes, diagrams, spreadsheets, and presentations on applying portfolio management toRead… Read more »
What metrics define a successful procurement? Is it the time it takes to go from an RFP to a new contract? Is it the number of disputes on a particular contract? The metrics around procurement are murky at best. But the National Association of State Chief Information Officers is trying to clear up some ofRead… Read more »
Perhaps five years ago, texting was mainly for teens. Now days, everyone texts. All ages for all reasons. I text with my mother, my sister, my wife, and my friends on all things from quick thoughts to photos. But I never used to text for work. Something about it just felt wrong. And then theRead… Read more »