“I believe we need to attract a new generation of the best and brightest to public service and I believe that government can be a source of inspiration, not degradation.” Andrew Cuomo There is a lot of evidence that diversity in the workforce enables lots of great things like problem solving, communications, and the abilityRead… Read more »
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When Tummy Hurting is a Good Thing: Learning to Trust Your Gut
“Our unconscious reactions come out of a locked room, and we can’t look inside that room. But with experience we become expert at using our behavior and our training to interpret – and decode – what lies behind our snap judgment and first impressions.” –Malcolm Gladwell Your subconscious mind constantly records, connects and stores unrelatedRead… Read more »
5 take-aways from GovLoop’s DorobekINSIDER LIVE on wearables – Plus 7 Gov Stories
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: It’s well known that federal employee spirits are low, but how low? Record low? The answer is yes. So what can managers do? Insights from the Partnership for Public Service’s Tom Fox. You can find all of our programs online: DorobekINSIDER.com and GovLoop Insights at http://insights.govloop.com. But up front: 5 take-awaysRead… Read more »
You’ve Never Seen the World Cup Like This Before
Futbol, soccer, fußball, Футбол, futebol. No matter how you say it, I think we can all agree that soccer is an international sport. And every four years we are blessed with the greatness that is the FIFA World Cup. During the month-long spectacle, thousands of people from around the world journey to the tournament hostRead… Read more »
3 Rules for Mastering Media Relations — And Why it Still Matters (Part I)
With all the perpetual hype surrounding the proliferation of social media it appears that traditional media are becoming the unwanted stepchildren in today’s fast evolving mobile, digital and virtual world. Yet despite a conspicuous shift in the media landscape caused by the 21st century Information Age, tens of millions of Americans still consume news thatRead… Read more »
Data Analytics with a Human[itarian] Face
There has been no shortage of natural disasters in the past decade, all of which have devastated communities and torn lives and hearts apart. In January 2010, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake shattered the small Caribbean country of Haiti. The tremor killed more than 220,000 and left hundreds of thousands more displaced. Six months following thisRead… Read more »
Three Principles for Innovation in Governance
Our partners at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation recently published a great piece on their Challenges to Democracy blog by Hollie Russon Gilman that we are re-posting here. Gilman’s insightful article about innovation in governance is the third in a series (first and second), and we hope you will read it belowRead… Read more »
Coming into Focus: CBG Round-up, 06.20.2014
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Getting a clearer picture. This week I’ve read a lot of things that I either didn’t know, or didn’t realize were important. These articles brought them into focus for me, and as I review them, they seem to point at larger meanings and trends. Mark Headd published “Built to Fail,” about why governmentRead… Read more »
12 Books to Help You Do Your Job Better – Plus the 7 Gov Stories
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Sometimes you can’t choose your supporting cast. You have to manage what you have and make the best of it. Managers sometimes inherit employees they don’t know how to develop and they must work directly with peers they don’t mesh with. But the best leaders will always find a way toRead… Read more »
Making IT Investments That Last
Implementing new government IT projects is often a long and arduous process for government. Budget and staff cuts, advancing technologies, outdated procurement processes and more can leave officials feeling unequipped to make their next big IT move. So in this environment, how can government chief information officers (CIOs) strategize to invest in the right ITRead… Read more »