Every few years, after a long and often tedious process, government agencies create new and much-heralded strategic plans — but, too often, new approaches stall because stakeholders don’t buy in. Here are three ways to change that.
Ask intelligent minds from across government to talk about innovation, and there’s one thing they all say: It can be a long and difficult journey. Here are insights from public-sector experts and industry gurus.
Appreciative inquiry is a collaborative, strengths-based approach to change that’s utilized in organizations and other human systems such as the communities we live in.
Administrator Robin Carnahan highlighted the importance of making it easy for people to contribute good ideas and de-risking the stigma around innovation.
How can government leaders create digital transformation strategies that are resilient, cost-effective and produce comprehensive results? The process is not as difficult as you think.
Agencies have a rare opportunity to finally raze bureaucratic silos, reroute workflows, create more dynamic channels of communication, and more.
Many agencies have become so militant in the day-to-day implementation of Agile that the rituals and documentation become more important than iteration or adhering to the values of the Agile Manifesto. In this article, learn ways agencies can embrace agile practices while still adhering to regulatory requirements.
Often called apps, applications are computer programs that are designed to carry out specific tasks like playing media for end users.
For too many years, government, industry and academia worked in silos to solve overlapping problems. But let’s think about it: Why repeat work that is already done?
From the federal level down, agencies need networks that work consistently, reliably and securely. Fortunately, software-defined, wide-area networking can put agencies’ missions at the forefront of their networking capabilities.