This morning Bryan Sivak, HHS CTO shared the importance of technology in improving health care. In his talk, Bryan discussed how HHS Open Government is spurring healthcare innovation through challenges, open data, and intrapreneurship and shared his vision for the future of health technology. Bryan Sivak joined the Department of Health and Human Services asRead… Read more »
We’re live at the Next Generation of Government Training Summit! NextGen is a two-day training summit aimed at inspiring and educating rising government leaders. The sessions and workshops presented are jam packed with information to further enhance their day-to-day career and the betterment of government overall. One of the breakout sessions, Diversity’s New Frontier, focusedRead… Read more »
Dealing with Difficult Colleagues Next Gen Conference Workshop Presented by Dr. Fred Soto Senior Advisor Performance Innovation and Learning Objectives ® Address how a deeper understanding of relationship conflicts can help an organization to achieve its goals. ® Explore proven strategies to help participants foster a “conflict smart” work relationships. ® Identify positive actions toRead… Read more »
“What’s the Big Think?” What do all leaders have in common? They were all indoctrinated into the same problem-solving methods you are about to learn We want to move from an organization with a haphazard approach, where we are spinning our wheels, trying to solve opaque and undefined problems, before eventually answering the wrong question.Read… Read more »
It is the first breakout session of the day at the Next Generation of Government Summit 2013, and already we can feel the skills are starting to grow and develop. Special Agent Douglas Quartetti from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is outlining the necessary tools to become an expert negotiator. Quartetti is aRead… Read more »
ATD-AMERICAN CO. is “Exceptional”…AGAIN! For the seventh year in a row, ATD-AMERICAN has been awarded the coveted “EXCEPTIONAL” Rating from the General Services Administration Federal Supply Service (FSS) in its most recent Contractor Assessment.
I was listening to an interview with one of the most accomplished Jiu Jitsu players of all time, Marcelo Garcia, and he was talking about how he prepared for the championships and what drove him. I want bring up something really interesting that he said and I think it can be applied across anything thatRead… Read more »
The Denovati Group’s primary objective is to help individuals and organizations improve their efficiency and effectiveness at leveraging social and digital technologies. To continue to maximize the value we provide through our products and services (most of which are free), we have created a 10-question survey that asks folks to identify the biggest Digital EraRead… Read more »
Welcome to the first in a continuing series of discussions with thought leaders who are bringing new and innovative solutions to the challenges government faces in delivering services to the citizen. I am your host Guy Clinch and my guest in this episode is Mr. Bernard O’Donnell, Director, Communications Services for the State of Connecticut.Read… Read more »
Every once in a while you hear somebody saying, “Oh they have their own agenda,” and it doesn’t always have the most positive connotation. From somebody who’s spent most of their life in meetings, some of which do not have an agenda despite the overwhelming consensus in the best practice area that that’s how itRead… Read more »