Happy Friday!!!! We hear at the DorobekINSIDER are at the Next Generation of Government Leadership Conference. If you can’t make it in person you can still live stream the entire conference here and we will be blogging and taking lots of photos. If you can make it down, stop by and say hi to theRead… Read more »
Happy Wednesday! An abbreviated edition of the DorobekINSIDER today as we are all gearing up for the Next Generation of Government Training Summit, which starts Thursday right here in Washington, DC. If you’ve never been, it is an awesome experience — and not just for young people. Hear the new administrator of the Office ofRead… Read more »
Happy Tuesday just days away from the Next Generation of Government Training Summit. We sure hope to see you starting Thursday. On Today’s Program Government innovation — yes, I know people don’t believe those two words can go together. Insights about what YOU think about government innovation from a just released report. We’ll talk toRead… Read more »
I am an Amazon.Com customer – have been since Jeff Bezos launched it in 1995. It’s still evolving as an innovative on-line commerce platform. They have initiated a socially responsible program worth noting. Today my visit to the site opened with a letter from Jeff – about an investment in the future. He announced aRead… Read more »
Given today’s tight budgets, federal employees and their agencies are being asked to deliver more with fewer resources. Do more with less. That means innovation is a critical So what agencies are doing the best? The Partnership for Public Service has a detailed list. Tom Fox is the Vice President for Leadership and Innovation atRead… Read more »
BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE July 24, 2012 by Ron Manderscheid 0 Comments Share on facebookShare on linkedinShare on twitterShare on google | More Sharing ServicesShare | Print Are we prepared to take action to improve our mental health response to this tragedy? (Note: The following commentary is virtually identical to one that I prepared 18 months agoRead… Read more »
In 1992 when some of you NextGen attendees were small, a report came out on applying entrepreneurial principles to make government more effective. Authors David Osborne and Ted Gaebler described why performance measures are important: • What gets measured gets done. • If you can’t measure results, you can’t tell success from failure. • IfRead… Read more »
The Series Welcome to the first of three posts intended to help you get the most out of GovLoop’s new leadership guide: 10 Traits of a Great Government Leader. Each of these posts will cover a different theme and, taken together, will cover all ten traits in the leadership guide. Our intent is to provideRead… Read more »
Feds – Federal News Radio needs your help. Give us your opinion on how effectively the Obama administration has managed the government by taking their online survey. http://www.federalnewsradio.com/145/2953500/Survey-Obama-Administration—4-years-later It will be interesting to see the results of this survey, which looks back to the last 4 years to assess the progress the administration has makeRead… Read more »
The point of this post:By incorporating some of the characteristics of successful games into our work, we can improve our performance. I’ve been reading a book called Flow: the psychology of optimal experience recently. Reading the book, I was reminded of “gamification”, a concept that you wouldn’t think would have much to do with theRead… Read more »