Encouraging accountability within your organization has a number of benefits. But, as you’ll learn from the 10 tips here, punishment isn’t the greatest motivator to encourage accountability. Instead, you’ll want to develop an environment within your team or office that supports accountability.
As a result of the need to do more with less and the need for increased security, we now have better technology. Now, people just need to start using it.
Cities should carefully consider their existing and future BI and analytics, too, to derive the most value from data, taking into account the impact of mobility and connected devices.
It’s no secret that the amount of data in the world is growing. One study predicts there will be up to 44 zettabytes of data by the end of this decade alone. That’s nearly as many data points as there are stars in the sky. So how does government get a handle on this ever-growing data? For many resource-constrainedRead… Read more »
Critical to the success of any organization is its ability to recruit, hire and retain talented professionals, while also grooming the next-generation workforce. Forward-thinking officials at organizations in both the public and private sectors understand that successful execution of these functions requires a strong human resources (HR) support system. No longer can agencies afford toRead… Read more »
Mobility, advanced analytics, cloud computing, network function virtualization, and the Internet of Things – these are some of today’s top tech trends. And government is finally catching up to them. Many agencies are implementing these technologies to improve internal efficiencies, reduce cost, and improve engagement between the public and government. But with these tech andRead… Read more »
It should come as no surprise that government work (on any level), particularly in the federal sphere, requires complete teamwork. Unfortunately, there are some inherent discrepancies when dealing with rotating political leadership with the approach of a new administration. But there are ways in which executive leadership can improve the system from within after suchRead… Read more »
This may come as a bit of a shock, but 2015 is almost over. Yes! It seems that 2015 flew by in a blink of an eye, but that doesn’t mean the government didn’t make major strides in the last 365 days. NASA discovered water on Mars, a DARPA designed autonomous car drove more thanRead… Read more »
The volume, velocity, and aggressiveness of cyberattacks continues to increase with threats coming from all angles. Technology trends such as digitization of information, social networking, mobile, cloud computing, smart devices, and the Internet of Things (IoT) will continue to create more vectors for attacks. This environment requires a fundamental shift in how organizations need toRead… Read more »
Let’s just take a step back and imagine a world in which we didn’t have people who forecasted the weather at all. Wouldn’t planning and dressing appropriately for the entire day (or even for different intervals throughout the day) be very difficult? The bottom line here is that forecasting is essentially the best solution weRead… Read more »