Yearly Archives: 2014

Innovation in Government – Oxymoron or Wave of the Future?

It’s that time of year again! The next two days we’ll be blogging from GovLoop and YGL’s Next Generation of Government Training Summit. Follow along @NextGenGov and read more blog posts here. I attended a great breakout session at yesterday’s NextGen Training Summit on this topic. The audience was certainly skeptical that innovation is evenRead… Read more »

10 Tips for Maximum Productivity, Effectiveness and Better Meetings

The late management guru Peter Drucker wrote of meetings, “Meetings are by definition a concession to deficient organization. For one either meets or one works. One cannot do both at the same time.” Yet, we are wired to want a meeting whenever it is possible to have one. Perhaps it is because we want toRead… Read more »

Sharing Health Records for Servicemembers and Veterans

The Departments of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) operate two of the nation’s largest health care systems, providing care to more than 9.6 million active-duty servicemembers and 6.3 million veterans. For many years, DOD and VA have known that better sharing of health care data could help them: make patient information more available toRead… Read more »

The Democratic Divide: Politics in a Polarized World

It’s that time of year again! The next two days we’ll be blogging from GovLoop and YGL’s Next Generation of Government Training Summit. Follow along @NextGenGov and read more blog posts here. This morning Joshua Huder, Senior Fellow at the Government Affairs Institute, joined us to explain a phenomenon on the mind of everyone inRead… Read more »

What Can a Hot Dog Vendor Teach You About the Value of Trust in the Workplace?

It’s that time of year again! The next two days we’ll be blogging from GovLoop and YGL’s Next Generation of Government Training Summit. Follow along @NextGenGov and read more blog posts here. A hot dog vendor in New York City realized he was losing business because customers would give up on waiting in long linesRead… Read more »

Leading in a Globalized World: Lessons from Young Professionals in Foreign Policy

It’s that time of year again! We’re blogging from GovLoop and YGL’s Next Generation of Government Training Summit. Follow along @NextGenGov and read more blog posts here. This afternoon Gary Barnabo, President of Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP) and founder and chairman Joshua Marcuse shared their insights at the NextGen Conference about the globalRead… Read more »

Crowdfunding Diplomacy: The Next Frontier for Government?

It’s that time of year again! The next two days we’ll be blogging from GovLoop and YGL’s Next Generation of Government Training Summit. Follow along @NextGenGov and read more blog posts here. “If you want to go fast go alone if you want to go far go together.” –African proverb When you think of 3DRead… Read more »

Looking for Purpose? Look No Further

It’s that time of year again! The next two days we’ll be blogging from GovLoop and YGL’s Next Generation of Government Training Summit. Follow along @NextGenGov and read more blog posts here. “I recently spoke at a conference and was asked to speak about how to make government sexy again…and I can tell by lookingRead… Read more »

Fight, Flight, or Play: Learning Conflict Resolution Skills Through Improv

It’s that time of year again! The next two days we’ll be blogging from GovLoop and YGL’s Next Generation of Government Training Summit. Follow along @NextGenGov and read more blog posts here. NextGen Interactive Workshop: Improve@Work Speaker John Windmueller Organizational Training Manager of Improv@Work Washington Improv Theater (WIT) “Improv skills are life skills” Smiles everywhere.Read… Read more »

Innovation Lessons Learned from 5 Government Case Studies

Public sector leaders gathered today to learn about innovation in government. We’re blogging from the Next Generation of Government Training Summit. Follow along @NextGenGov and read more blog posts here. This afternoon I had the chance to sit in the Innovation in Government session of the Next Generation of Government Summit. The collaborative session connectedRead… Read more »