What I Learned on my Journey to Leadership
#1: Assumption of authority is a myth; real leadership is earned.
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Open Source Software Isn’t as Scary as You Think
Using open source software is not as scary as you think. You may have heard rumors that it is insecure or hard to maintain. When managed correctly, the rumors are far from the truth.
Fact or Fake – 3 Steps to Separating Truth from Internet Hoax
Real facts are at our fingertips, but so are internet hoaxes. It really is our job to ensure that the details we share with others and use to make our decisions are as accurate as possible.
How to Use Creative Problem Solving Techniques
Creative problem solving (CPS) is a method for creatively approaching a challenge to develop ideas and potential solutions to problems.
Overcoming Barriers to Implementing Government Innovation
Internal barriers to innovation can arise, from a shortage of designated staff to provide oversight and monitoring of implementation, and also if a Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle isn’t utilized.
Delivering Results Through Digital Website Design
Whether you are creating the website with your own staff, or using an outside firm to do the work, they should be using best of breed tools and techniques that are not only intuitive but also allow changes as technology and users dictate.
The Importance of Communicating Your Value to Leaders
If your work helps an executive move closer to realizing their vision, they will assign more value to you, and your work, and will request more assistance from you. This is also true if your work helps alleviate their pain.
Part 2: The Blind Bankrobber – A Story About Cybersecurity
In part 1 of this story, we used a bank robbery as a metaphor for a cyberattack. At the end of Part 1, the robbers had made it to the vault. In part 2 we will consider how they break in and how they get the goods back out. Step 4: Breaking into the VaultRead… Read more »
Leadership Lessons from The Boss
As a an experienced leader, I’d like to share a few of my Springsteen favorite lyrics and how they inform my leadership philosophy.
To Boost Your Performance Do Less, Then Obsess
It’s not always clear how to improve performance. The value of the work we do can sometimes be a little mysterious.