In Chicago, Collaboration Makes Early Childcare Better
Agencies often lack reliable, real-time data that can help them solve critical problems. In Chicago, officials used the cloud to bring early childhood care to underserved demographics.
Citizen Engagement
CX Starts with Hello: We Can’t Build Trust Without Communicating
Government has been slow to embrace the power of communication in its CX efforts. This must change. If the government wants to build trust through CX, it must start with communication. Anything less will fall short of the mark.
Employees Are Customers Too
The President’s Management Agenda (PMA) is largely focused on the experience people have with government. There is one goal to strengthen and empower the Federal workforce and another focused on delivering excellent, equitable, and secure Federal services and customer experience. These two goals are closely linked as the better experience employees have, the better service… Read more »
How Do You Stop Recidivism? Technology Can Help
High recidivism indicates something isn’t working in our jails. Technology can help break the prison-to-prison pipeline.
Data Storytelling: How to Connect Data to People
Data storytelling bridges the gap between accumulating data and doing something about it. Megan Huss, Director of the Process and Performance Improvement Program at the Center for Leadership Development in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), explains how to make data storytelling work.
Use Data Visualization to Show, Not Tell
There’s nothing more transparent than raw data. But that’s not accessible to people. That’s where data visualization comes in. Increasingly, users expect data to be something they can see, not just read.
Solve Problems With Open Data
Can you imagine trying to solve different challenges in the same way constantly? You can use the same method only so many times before it stops working in the face of a new challenge or unpredictable circumstance. That’s why agencies can’t afford to problem-solve like a broken record. Public servants need fresh perspectives and creativeRead… Read more »
Digital Constituent Services: 3 Mistakes to Avoid
Focus on constituent experience is pushing agencies to update digital services.
How to Develop Digital Services for the Next Big Change
It is somewhat a paradox that state and local governments are expected to be more transparent and more secure than ever before.
Empathy: Your Career Superpower
Federal employees should be guided by empathy when designing and delivering customer services. Here’s what that means and how to accomplish it.