Written by Stacia Aylward and Stephanie Spence Diamond The Zelos team recently had the immense pleasure of collaborating with Steve Ressler, Founder and President of GovLoop, in executing his vision to engage participants in an energetic way at the 2013 Next Generation of Government Summit. Steve said something like, “let’s have something in the hallwayRead… Read more »
The Federal Reserve has hired its first Chief Data Officer (CDO). Micheline Casey is joining NIH’s Eric Green, FCC’s Greg Elin, and a small but growing band of federal CDOs. It seems that a position that could not have existed five years ago is becoming nearly compulsory today. Last year, Harvard Business Review exhorted itsRead… Read more »
Organizational theorists have been writing about the importance of organizational trust for decade. In their works, McGregor (1967), Argyris(1973), and Likert (1967) have all supported the concept of trust. As cited in Robbins (2003a), McGregor proposed two distinct views of human beings, which he labeled Theory X and Theory Y. Theory X is associated withRead… Read more »
Register for free webinar: Thursday, August 29, 2013 at 12:30 PM EDT. http://lnkd.in/t_dR2D Session will help you identify specific low-cost, high impact solutions to address some of the most pressing challenges facing the U.S. Federal Government workforce today; including: • Attracting, on-boarding, retaining and developing highly skilled workforce • Developing leaders who can establish andRead… Read more »
I’ve found the cure for lower back pain, or “office back.” Well maybe I didn’t find it, but I did hear about it from a chiropractor, use it in life, then made it my own. As somebody who has a spent an awful lot of time sitting at desks I’ve had lots of problems withRead… Read more »
Innovation is the hot buzzword. From local government innovation officers to a deputy CTO in charge of innovation, governments are more and more focused on innovation. But how do you really make innovation happen in government? What are the missing ingredients? I thought I’d take a stab at an answer so here’s my 10 ingredientsRead… Read more »
Are you at a crossroads professionally or looking to start training for a new job? If so, you might want to consider pursuing network administration as a career. Network administrators are responsible for maintaining computer hardware and software systems that make up a computer network, including maintaining and monitoring active data networks, converged infrastructure networks,Read… Read more »
Turns out Stephen Colbert may have been on to something when he coined the term “truthiness.” According to a recent study by U.K. market research group Ipsos Mori that compared British citizens’ perceptions of statistical facts to the actual numbers, most people have a pretty skewed idea of the truth. As this article by TheRead… Read more »
by Lloyd McCoy Jr., Senior Analyst Cyber security information sharing initiatives between government and industry took a major step forward recently with the appointment of Daniel Prieto to the Department of Defense (DOD) Chief of Information Office where he will be charged with enlarging information sharing between the Pentagon and the defense industrial base. Prieto,Read… Read more »
Hopefully, someone can help me with this – I created a Govloop group a while back and would like to delete it. There are no other members in the group (other than myself). How do I delete it?