I’m going to keep this quite short considering this is post about obedience, public sector managers, the nature of evil and social media. I’m going to argue how findings of a few psychological studies suggest the modern communications person needs to be more in touch with ‘the people’ avoid being complicit in evil acts. ARead… Read more »
All week the DorobekINSIDER will be talking telework. Last month Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer outlawed telework at her company. The reaction to the news was swift on both sides. With some opponents calling the decision an attack on working mothers or a real push for innovation. But Tom Fox says telework shouldn’t be a blackRead… Read more »
What or whom does a leader follow? An interesting question posed after reading the following quote from former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. “I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?” Its easy to think of this as a no-brainer of a quote coming from an elected official, but when you break itRead… Read more »
The world is full of people just getting by. You should aim a little higher than that. The people who depend on you at work, at play, and at home all have a certain expectation of how you will deliver. Exceed that expectation. That’s how you become awesome. There are more than enough pop idols,Read… Read more »
With so many different types of social networks now present in today’s society and Google adding yet another one to the mix, I have often wondered if it is truly fair to reference Govloop as the, “Facebook for Government.” Sure, at the time, the reference was the most clear picture that could be provided toRead… Read more »
From the moment the Rahm Administration entered office, it was obvious that big changes were on the way. For years, the Tax Increment Development Fund was an object of contention and the data was kept under as much under wraps as possible. The very first week that the new administration was in place – ChicagoRead… Read more »
A couple months back we rolled out both the Govloop “Awesome” button and the Facebook “Like” button. It’s a great way to thank a GovLooper for an awesome blog post or discussion. Or share a great piece of information with your Facebook friends. Well, it’s time for more AWESOME…. This week, we rolled out theRead… Read more »
***Register today for Next Generation of Gov’t Summit – Join 200+ gov’t rockstars – nextgengovt.com*** As you may know…we are big fans of awesome at GovLoop. Our charity is AwesomeGov.org. We have great bloggers that advocate awesomeness like Christopher DuFour. And generally it has always been my point that government CAN be AWESOME. Government hasRead… Read more »
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Social Entrepreneurship Since I went full-time on GovLoop, the number one question I get every day is “how does it feel to join the dark side?” I know it is innocent question but the connotation goes to the fact that being a government employee is good and serving government from the outside is bad. ToRead… Read more »