Colleen Kelley, left, and John Gage hold press conference with reporters AFGE National President John Gage conducted a press conference Feb. 15 at AFGE headquarters to denounce efforts to pay for an extension in unemployment benefits by cutting retirement benefits of federal employees. Joining him for the press conference was National Treasury Employees Union NationalRead… Read more »
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The Last NASA Mainframe
I started my career as a programmer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center doing assembly language programming on mainframes. Part of me is sad knowing that this is no longer a skill worthy of inclusion on my resume, but I’m excited that NASA has finally moved on. My previous position was working as the softwareRead… Read more »
Data Wars: A mini-case study of Southwest Airlines vs. TripIt and Orbitz
As a regular flyer, I’m an enormous fan of TripIt. It’s a simple service in which you forward almost any reservation – airline, hotel, car rental, etc… to [email protected] and their service will scan it, grab the relevant data, and create a calendar of events for you. While it’s a blessing not to have toRead… Read more »
GroupWorks Pattern Language card deck available now
A BIG breakthrough for all group process folks… For almost 5 years I’ve been involved with envisioning and creating a “pattern language” for group process. (A pattern language is a set of design factors to guide people in creating things that are wholesome and life-giving – vibrant communities, effective curricula, engaging software… and great conversations.)Read… Read more »
The Easiest Way to Problem Solving, and a Little More Cave Logic
I thank my favorite Western University psychology professor, Dr. Willis McCann. Mental Health, I think the name of the course was, for helping me talk about this seemingly huge problem they have to try to save the world. While we would like to, we can’t but we are already equipped with the “computer” that canRead… Read more »
Transforming Workplace Ghost Carriers into Grief Warriors and Healing Guides: Strengthening Employee Health and Productivity through Workplace Griefbusting
Hi, Here’s a Workplace Griefbusting program I’ve just developed, a spinoff from the original essay – Transforming Workplace Ghost Carriers into Grief Warriors and Healing Guides: Strengthening Employee Health and Productivity through Workplace Griefbusting http://www-stressdoc-com.blogspot.com/ The essay and program were partly inspired by recent Critical Incident-Grief Intervention Consulting after a popular employee died in aRead… Read more »
Transforming Workplace Ghost Carriers into Grief Warriors and Healing Guides: Strengthening Employee Health and Productivity through Workplace Griefbusting
[If you do not wish to receive my free mailings, email [email protected] ] Hi, Here’s a Workplace Griefbusting program I’ve just developed, a spinoff from the original essay – Transforming Workplace Ghost Carriers into Grief Warriors and Healing Guides: Strengthening Employee Health and Productivity through Workplace Griefbusting http://www-stressdoc-com.blogspot.com/ The essay and program were partly inspiredRead… Read more »
How to get your city to pass an open government policy
Raleigh, NC—City Council adopts open source policy On Tuesday, February 7, the Raleigh City Council passed an Open Source Government Resolution, unanimously, promoting the use of open source software and open data. The resolution includes language that puts open source software on the same playing field as proprietary software in the procurement process. It alsoRead… Read more »
Open Space on Open Space coming up in March in San Francisco
Lisa Heft invites NCDDers to attend the 2012 “Open Space on Open Space” — a full-length Open Space conference taking place March 14 through 16 in San Francisco. This conference is best if you have a basis of knowledge and experience about Open Space (rather than something like it) – because the thoughts, questions, topicsRead… Read more »
The perils of legislating channels (and the issue of website filters)
The Australian Parliament House recently released their new website – a major step-up from the previous site. However in reading an article about it on ZDNet I discovered that the APH had, in the process, decided to block an entire top-level domain (.info) from view by the Parliament and the thousands of people working atRead… Read more »