This article was originally posted byDan Chenok and John Lainhart on the IBM Center for the Business of Government blog. Increased connectivity has transformed and improved access to government – citizens today can connect with government agencies and leaders in ways that were unimaginable just a few years ago. This connectivity, however, has also increasedRead… Read more »
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 »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Open data can save your life. Really. Alex Howard has the “backstory of the openFDA platform, which gives the public access to adverse drug event reports.” He writes that “[t]he FDA’s open data initiative will add APIs for product recalls and product labels soon. ” Related: re/code writes that “The Cure for HealthRead… Read more »
One of the most important questions to ask during a job interview or when preparing for an annual review is: “What constitutes success” or “what does success look like.” For private sector organizations, there are often very easily quantifiable metrics: number and size of sales, or year-to-year growth. Even in the nonprofit sector, there canRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda People as peripherals. Government Technology reports on “The Role of Citizens in Smart Cities” Author Tod Newcombe offers that citizens will become part of the Smart City’s sensor network, which seems right to me, as I wrote about this in 2012:“Perhaps one of the most sophisticated sensors that can be connected to theRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda What eGov can learn from eHarmony? The New York Times posted a very interesting article, “Who Wants Free Love Anyway?” My biggest take-away: “while the Internet may have democratized information — making it seemingly easier for any of us to sell an apartment or find a spouse on our own — we nowRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Dare to Share. Though the Fast CoExist article “How To Build A Circular Economy That’s Less Wasteful And More Prosperous” focuses on private-sector organizations, many of its recommendations are a good fit for government agencies–especially at the state and local level. A Low-Lying Cloud. And here comes “fog computing.” The idea is thatRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Those Kids Today! A few things: First, Lindsay Pollack deconstructs some myths about Millenials, an important read for people trying to manage them. Also, the Washington Post has a chart showing which college majors students chose now, vs. 40 years ago. The prevalence of texting has yielded another positive result: people can nowRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda A Typology of Digital Workers. Are you (or your colleagues) digital natives? digital immigrants? Perhaps digital holdouts? Take a look The Five Categories of Digital Workers. Maybe the Holdouts Are on to Something. Alex Howard has not one, but two great articles this week. One on the President’s Council of Advisors on ScienceRead… Read more »
This article has been updated to include Dan Chenok’s contribution Gadi Ben-Yehuda Cities, Smart and Social: StateTech Magazine has a piece about how “Smart Cities” are using technology and innovation to manage their growth: keeping electricity bills and easing traffic flow, for example. Related, in my mind at least, in FedTech, an article about howRead… Read more »