Top 15 cities for transit innovation
The Natural Resources Defense Council’s Smarter Cities project picked 15 U.S. metro areas that are demonstrating leadership in transportation innovation and smart transit. Original post
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Invincea Named Most Innovative Company of RSA 2011
If you are an enterprise IT professional there is something you should know: Invincea has been named the “Most Innovative” company at the 2011 RSA conference. There are reasons for this. The capabilities provided by Invincea hold great promise in the fight against malware. The endorsement of a panel of security experts at the world’sRead… Read more »
Two Heads Really Are Better Than One!
We all know collaboration, brainstorming and team-work create a better product, solution and action; but whose two heads are creating the best results? In a recent report by Deloitte, “The Gender Dividend: Making the Business Case for Investing in Women“says Two Different Heads are Better than Two Similar Ones. While this may be obvious, itRead… Read more »
True to Our Souls
Some good thoughts to ponder from Jim Clemmer at The Clemmer Group: “Everyone has a special purpose, a special talent or gift to give to others, and it is your duty to discover what it is. Your special talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with your talent is your gift to God.”Read… Read more »
Fundamental Design of Learning Activities
by Aaron Silvers (ADL). Aaron Silvers has innovated the design and production of learning experiences with a variety of technologies for organizations large and small, in both the private and public sectors, for over 15 years. He led the development of a number of SCORM 2004 content examples. Aaron returned to ADL in 2010 asRead… Read more »
If you research asymmetric war, use the NCTC WITS system
The work of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) is important and, because of the need to protect our nation’s information sources and advantages over international terrorists, criminals and other malicious actors, is not discussed much in the open. But there are things you can learn about NCTC by review of reputable sources. The most importantRead… Read more »
Ecotile Anti-static and Cable Management Flooring
Tim Hopcraft just dropped in some samples of Cable Management Flooring from Ecotile. He also showed me anti-static interlocking floor tiles. I was interested in using these for a learning commons, so that the cabling for computers could be changed easily.Normally carpet tiles would be placed over the recycled plastic panels which cover the cables.Read… Read more »
I Survived the PMF Assessments – Part 1
*** The blog below was originally posted on February 22, 2011. *** I am a second year Master of Public Policy candidate at American University in Washington, D.C. I decided to apply for the Presidential Management Fellows this year because it’s a great opportunity to work for the federal government and get 160 hours ofRead… Read more »
Daily Dose: Is Your Teleworking Strategy (Tele)Working?
In case you missed it, last week marked what was known as “Telework Week”- a dedicated effort to increase awareness and popularity of the now federally mandated initiative and the benefits thereof. But how many federal employees are actually taking advantage of teleworking? With the organized event now behind us (Feb. 14-18), Ed O’Keefe inRead… Read more »
Reasons
“There are reasons and results” comes from the personal growth movement. It means there are infinite reasons for not getting your results and they are all equally invalid. Reasons need to be overcome to achieve your goal. In this context, reasons are not good. “You buy on emotion and justify with reasons” is an observationRead… Read more »