Here’s the outline of the 7-minute presentation I made today. Discussion was 1.5 hours. I hope it went well. Our website will tell the tale. Outline Website design/Networking meeting presentation Website Organization/design Brief history of the website. Reduced advertising by more than half – User paths/what’s popular. 1. Update website – paying attention to userRead… Read more »
Say your piece. A lot of people have served our country and sacrificed to make sure that you can. The crucible of ideas that began in Independence Hall has now spread to the internet. Social networking is a logical extension of the vision of the framers and founders: an idea is expressed and through examination,Read… Read more »
Last night, as I hardened my resolve to not eat any more home-made chocolate chip cookies, I talked to Barrow about the weather up there. I asked Guam about that Marine Reserve, I collaborated and commiserated with SF about 2.0 implementation schemes and thanked North Carolina for some great insight. Then I found myself watchingRead… Read more »
With today’s message, and the appointment of General Shinseki as VA Secretary, the differing views of government and governing are again made apparent. Shinseki said it all when he left in 2003: “You must love those you lead before you can be an effective leader,” he said. “You can certainly command without that sense ofRead… Read more »
Two things of opposite natures seem to depend On one another, as a man depends On a woman, day on night, the imagined On the real. This is the origin of change. Winter and spring, cold copulars, embrace And forth the particulars of rapture come. Wallace Stevens
That’s how you eat an elephant. Following is the proposal I sent out to all employees in an email tonight. I spoke with all 14 Department Heads in a meeting Monday and with the Clerk, City Administrator and IS Director before heading out on the limb. Now I have to pitch the project through theRead… Read more »
Great video Adriel, I was reading this Deloitt report addressing 2.0 and in it they make some great points. One thing that grabbed me is the table they provided showing a paradigm change: …the following section contrasts the difference between Government 1.0 and 2.0 across four dimensions: Operating Model Government 1.0 – Hierarchical, Rigid GovernmentRead… Read more »
Raindrops on rock. If we wash the hard rock of positions with the rain of ideas and solutions, we can change the paradigm of political conversation from the shouting of slogans and sound bites to serious consideration of facts (we each have our own,) interests, and possible solutions in a context where consideration is possible.Read… Read more »
We are searching for something. All of us. It’s easy to sling about labels like gen y, gen x, boomers, millenials. But half of us are in the “twixt” generation: dates not exactly right for the labels. So what are we looking for? What is the quest? What will keep the twixters engaged? I thinkRead… Read more »
From the Change.gov website: Apply for a Job This website is designed to provide prospective applicants with information to help them apply for positions in the Obama-Biden Administration. President-Elect Obama will make appointments throughout the federal government. Some positions will require Senate confirmation while others will not. Some appointments will be made during the transitionRead… Read more »