Tangible Ways to Improve Your Work Environment

The path to improving your work environment includes strengthening pillars of workplace happiness. Addressing at least one of these will improve the work environment.

A Toolkit for Working in Public Service

The article tries to shine a different light on government workers — one that emphasizes their optimism, ingenuity and collaborative spirit. Here are five rules to adhere by to excel in public service.

Analytics in Motion Part 4: Impacting the Resident

The most important part of the analytics process within an urban environment is impacting the resident.

How to Identify a Leader

The age-old argument questions whether leaders are born, developed over time or catapulted into a position of leadership as a result of a situation. Learn more about the trait theory and leadership challenge in this featured blog.

How to Create a Philosophy on Leadership

What’s your philosophy on leadership? In other words, identifying how you see yourself as a leader will help to identify what you stand for and clarify your actions and behaviors.

Moving Beyond Recycling in Government

Everyone recycles, or they should. In our government offices we recycle paper, soda cans and plastic bottles. But it is time to move beyond recycling.

Building Innovation Into Project Management

Innovation is alone is difficult. Innovation in project management is even more difficult. Here’s how to systematically foster innovation in your projects.

How to Grow the Next Generation of Fortune 500 Companies in Your City

Cities — like relationships — become great when a certain set of conditions are created in which people can flourish. If you establish an environment where people are empowered to launch innovative businesses, your city will become an innovation hub before you know it.