You never know when you’re work is going to be noticed, or who is going to notice it. Take pride in your work — all of it. How can you be expected to be responsible for the big project if you can’t even handle the simple ones? As a new Captain in the USAF, andRead… Read more »
This will be the first in an ongoing set of entries about Interactive Digital Engagement Governance. Contact me or Navigation Arts in McLean, VA for more information, or for ideas regarding planning and implementing such a methodology at your organization. The concept of governance isn’t new at all to organizations building websites, whether inside (asRead… Read more »
When I speak with audiences, I say to them that they will hear nothing from me that they don’t already know to be true. My intention in my work is not to impart some grand wisdom, rather it is to shine a light on the leader that has been ignoredor forgotten in the race throughRead… Read more »
Just noticed that the Cable Management Floor tile sample provided to me by Ecotile is branded “Netfloor”. It appears to be a Netfloor AD-400 40 mm (1.57″) UniPanel unit.Netfloor CMS Systems … light in weight, low in profile, fully accessible UniPanel consists 16 sub-panels distributed and simply Capped of Cable Trenches. These trenches house theRead… Read more »
As a follow-up to last week’s blog https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/getting-it-right-critical#comments this week’s entry focuses on the five additional Critical Success Factors (CSF) that a successful Change Management (CM) program needs. To recap, in last week’s blog, I discussed in detail the following five factors: Effective program management Strong support from the executive champion Clear goals and specificRead… Read more »
Want to see your short film included in a festival like DC Shorts, DCIFF or Rosebud? Then check out my article for the Pink Line Project on how to get your movie in local festivals. It could even lead to the Oscars! God of Love won the 2011 Academy Award for Best Live-Action Short. ButRead… Read more »
This TEDx talk by Johanna Blakley is pure gold (thank you Jonathan Brun for passing it along). It’s a wonderful dissection – all while using the fashion industry as a case study – of how patents and licenses are not only unnecessary for innovation but can actually impede it. What I found particularly fascinating isRead… Read more »
The Rainmaker Series is 300 seconds of hardcore sales at 6 pm before each monthly Capital Technology Management Hub meeting. The next meeting, Leveraging The Organization’s Knowledge Assets is Tuesday, March 8. Here is the March 8 Rainmaker presentation We spend our careers honing our skills. It’s what we practice, what we study, what weRead… Read more »
Ownership. It’s a beautiful word in government. “Ownership” exudes control over technology in a sector where control is often hard to come by. There are always new laws, new elected officials, new mandates and new needs. While technology is often purchased to address these needs, sometimes the technology isn’t able to be controlled by theRead… Read more »
The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO), has issued a “Data Centre as a Service Discussion Paper” and invited industry comment. The Data Centre as a Service (DCaaS) facility would provide a shared data centre for smaller agencies (5o spend less than $2M a year on ICT). It is planned to have the service availableRead… Read more »