Last week I spoke to the ACT/IAC Voyagers program – a leadership program of ~25 government IT leaders. The topic was on managing one’s career and taking risk. At the event, I received a number of questions about risk: -When do you know when to take a risk? When to stop?-Are you ever afraid whenRead… Read more »
Stocks bounced around during last week’s holiday shortened week, and ended up with just a small gain in the S&P 500. The weakness in the dollar has helped the indices, particularly the international stocks, but unfortunately it has also helped the price of oil. For the TSP, the C-fund gained 0.37% last week, the S-fundRead… Read more »
Besides the benefits, have the agencies been good employers, showing strong leadership, mentoring the young, supporting their employees when they need then or is it Everyman for himself. What agencies have you found had the most employee-oriented supervisors? I found the military to be the most supportive, although I agree the civilian employees felt leftRead… Read more »
I was talking with a pretty smart business observer, who said, “I don’t think the lives of many people in this town have turned out the way they expected.” At first I thought he was referring to overwhelming smart-phone addiction, but thinking further my life sure hasn’t been what I was planning in high school,Read… Read more »
I wanted to share excerpts from a few media pieces about the One City Summit held on February 11th in D.C. by NCDD organizational member AmericaSpeaks. Most groups in our field work on a smaller scale or run their programs over a longer period of time (which is less media-grabbing), so it’s always interesting toRead… Read more »
On its site shahamat-english.com, the Taliban had urged Afghan security forces to “turn their guns on the foreign infidel invaders.” It seems to be working, in an apparent backlash over the recent burning of Korans at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, an Afghan solider turned his gun on his allies, shooting and killing twoRead… Read more »
Last month I attended the International Disaster Conference & Expo in New Orleans along with former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge. It was an extraordinary event with more than 1,400 people from 27 countries represented. The prominent list of speakers, including Secretary Ridge, made it clear that the topic of crisis management, emergency responseRead… Read more »
MIXED PURPOSE TRAVEL RULES IN THE NEWS. Story here. “The act of presidential piggybacking — coupling official duties, in this case a speech on the economy, with political fundraising — was not pioneered by Obama but is prominently on display this year.” MOLINARI TO GOOGLE. Story here. “Former New York congresswoman Susan Molinari has signedRead… Read more »
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The way we do business has changed and continues to evolve. The change and evolution, however, is not evenly distributed and is confusing about what the ‘right’ path is. When I learned to drive, the car had a ‘stick shift’ (manual transmission). As I was perfecting the skill of keeping my heel on the brake,Read… Read more »