Aphorism 85
A stupid decision that works out well becomes a brilliant decision in hindsight. Daniel Kahneman, quoted by David McRaney Original post
Yearly Archives: 2013
The Requirements & Solutions of the Hadoop Data Reservoir
By Bob Gourley This event should be of interest to any enterprise that uses Hadoop and wants to empower analysts directly with new analytical power over their Hadoop clusters. Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 Time: 11am Eastern; 8am Pacific Duration: 1 Hour The success of Hadoop has led many enterprises to the same common vision:Read… Read more »
Deep De-Bureaucratization Case
Every single one of us who is a government employee feels the pain of government bureaucracy! The deep disconnects that drive us crazy. How can we reconnect the programs and technology and people and politics, etc? How can we anticipate and influence the growth in people and our organizations’ capabilities? These are the questions thatRead… Read more »
Secret Government Man Caves Ruin “Fun At Work” For Everyone
All work and no play makes Stephen a dull boy. That’s why here at the GovLoop office I try to work hard, while still enjoying a game or two of ping pong a day with a co-worker (all with the blessing of my boss Mr. GovLoop). I actually feel like the 15 minutes I spendRead… Read more »
GovCamp 2013 — Where and how does government innovation happen?
At GovCamp Australia 2013 this week, there were two identifiable two groups of people who presented and talked about the topics of inspiring government innovation, empowering people and liberating capability. There were the service designers who spoke about the specifics of design and presented case studies, and the managers, public servants and academics who talkedRead… Read more »
Shaking Up City Hall!
Bill Schrier served for 30 years as an employee for the city of Seattle. For the past ten years until his recent retirement Mr. Schrier served as the Chief Technology Officer for Seattle. As part of a Seattle newspaper series, Schrier was asked if he were Mayor of Seattle, what three actions would he takeRead… Read more »
#debrief: NDoCH
More than 11,000 individuals were engaged in National Day of Civic Hacking through 95 events held in 83 cities. The stories are still coming in but we wanted to debrief and highlight some great stories that happened across the Code for America network last weekend. 34 of the 95 NDoCH events were organized by CodeRead… Read more »
Link roundup
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: David Wilcox » As the Knowledge Hub faces closure, might a creative Twitter mob help with re-invention? the 73-year old Excel spreadsheet artist Make and share useful lists | Gini Google Reader alternatives | Gini Some things I’ve learnt about public speaking | John Graham-Cumming EvanRead… Read more »
Big Data Analysis: An Art and Science – Nate Silver Named Most Creative in Business
Creative was certainly not the adjective I would have used to describe my undergraduate introductory course in statistical methods. Perhaps I should have paid closer attention in class, as data analysis and interpretation have since taken on creative new forms. Every year, Fast Company puts out a list of the 100 Most Creative People inRead… Read more »
IRS puts two managers on leave – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Helping you do your job better, that is the mission of the DorobekINSIDER and now it is also the mission of the Volcker Alliance. The group founded by Paul Volcker the former chairman of the Federal Reserve. We get the inside scoop from OMB veteran and new Volcker Alliance President ShellyRead… Read more »