How to Optimize Your Tasks so That They Motivate You
The Goldilocks Principle states that there’s an optimal level of difficulty for tasks: not too easy, not too hard. Just right.
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Preparing for City Emergencies
As a former 911 and 311 director, I clearly remember the challenges of planning for an emergency. Both planned and unexpected emergencies demand an enormous amount of coordination.
How to Reap and Share the Benefits of Artificial Intelligence
To help you assess whether AI would fit your organization’s needs and requirements, we’re clarifying some of the misconceptions about AI and offering a plan to help you reap and share the benefits of this powerful machine-learning technology.
6 Principles for Building Trauma-Informed Communities
Just as communities can collectively experience trauma, they can also be a tremendous resource for resilience and healing.
How Do You React as a Leader?
If creativity, vulnerability and innovation are to be embraced, those in leadership can’t freak out when certainty is unavailable to them. How leadership reacts will have ripple effects that impact everyone under them.
A New Twist on Managing Government Technology
In a world where there is literally nothing I cannot learn from my smartphone, I expect my government to be connected too. In doing this, it is important that governments continue to find the sweet spot between innovation and security without compromising accessibility and efficiency.
Keeping Jargon and Acronyms In Their Place
Jargon and acronyms have their place within professions. Just remember to keep them in their place when communicating with those outside your profession.
Trello is the New Kanban for Teams
Using Trello as a Kanban for teams is a great solution for team project management.
Implementing CARE in the Workplace
Some may think the workplace would be better with increased promotion opportunities, better leave policy, frequent breaks, or change in management. But very seldom do we think of how to improve the workplace through our interactions with colleagues. Here are some ways to do just that.
Interviewing for a Career Instead of a ‘Job’
For millennials, we tend to fall into a cycle of ambition where we rebel against settling for a ‘job’ to avoid career compromise.