When I was CEO, the senior staff would refer to my role as ‘sitting in the big chair’ – I find this is a warm and respectful way to refer to the leader of the organization, and continue to enjoy using it even today. Through many, many conversations with top leaders of all kinds andRead… Read more »
Listen to internet radio with Gary Vaughan on Blog Talk Radio My thanks to Jim LaRocca and Sean Bordner of SusQTech for being guests on today’s Show! For those who missed it, 30 minute recording is available above. Here are the links for Discounts noted during the interview: – For detailed information on SusQTech’s SharePointRead… Read more »
A call for ideas and participation — with submission deadline of 15 February 2011 — has been issued for CTC 2011: The National Center for State Courts’ Court Technology Conference 2011, to be held 4-6 October 2011, in Long Beach, California, USA. According to the call: NCSC invites practitioners, scholars and the private sector toRead… Read more »
What is Normal? It is a mosaic of the things we know, the changes we experience, and the structural shifts that affect how we do business. It’s our collective beliefs about the what – how – why – when – who of doing business. It is dynamic and changes as its elements change. Long agoRead… Read more »
Federal Computer Week recently published my op-ed piece Why best practices won’t fix Federal IT. I’d be very interested in hearing from GovLoop members what they think of it. The idea came from the “25-Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology Management” released by Vivek Kundra on December 10 of last year. No. 10Read… Read more »
Change Management is a planned approach to transitioning the people of an organization through a business transformation. A unique problem with the implementation of a new system, program or strategy, is the natural resistance of certain individuals to change of any kind. Frequently, this resistance results from personnel not understanding the issues involved. It isRead… Read more »
In case you missed it, the ACLU has launched a campaign of fear and deception about a bipartisan bill to reduce gang violence. Original post
Mentoring Learning Community Focus Group Strategic Partners would like to invite you to participate in a new Focus Group for the purpose of structuring the 2011-2012 Mentoring Learning Community which discusses best practices related to invigorating, designing, and managing successful mentoring programs. Invitation to 2011 Mentoring Learning Community Focus Group As you know, Strategic PartnersRead… Read more »
Very cool story out of Boston. This kid was in 6th grade when he came up with this algorithm for predicting snow days for his school. Now he’s in 11th grade, and apparently his tool works with awesome accuracy. Do you see where I’m going with this? OPM should contract for his algorithm and configureRead… Read more »
It will be a year ago tomorrow that the Arcadia Police Department launched our News & Information Blog. The first post launching the Blog was on February 5, 2010. In this last year, we have had over 17,077 visits to the Blog from 7,357 unique visitors, with 27,890 pageviews, to date. We have brought youRead… Read more »