As the messengers, we have the power to create fewer Magneto’s and more Charles Xavier’s — people who engage with public institutions and their fellow humans, working together to create a better tomorrow.
When you find a problem or opportunity, put yourself in a position to seize it, even if it doesn’t fit cleanly within your position description or your existing skill and knowledge set.
“Let the inmates run the asylum.” – Thiagi In the learning and development world, Thiagi is heralded as a hero when it comes to gamifying even the most arduous, technical topics. Take, for instance, a bunch of lawyers that need to learn about civility in the courtroom or county codes. How do you spice up thoseRead… Read more »
Those of us who work in government may not feel directly impacted by the world of civics teachers and government text books, but I’d argue they play an important, under appreciated role in our successes and challenges, big and small.
To remain in a job that brings you no pleasure or a sense of accomplishment, at the end of the day, is a choice. There is no obstacle too great when the rewards are worth the sacrifices made to achieve them.
Three current and actionable learning trends that digital communicators can take advantage of to get their messages to more citizens.
Deadra Welcome, Learning and Performance Strategist at the U.S. Census Bureau, gave a great presentation on Creating a Learning Challenge at the Training Officer’s Consortium’s Annual Executive Institute in Ocean City, MD this week. Deadra shared her experience in building and delivering an engaging 30-day HRU learning challenge with no budget at the Department ofRead… Read more »
The band Journey tells us to never stop believing. Well, I think we should never stop learning. While everyone can benefit from continued education and training, it is especially important for millennials to build the resource and skill sets necessary to advance in the public sector.
Perhaps the reason we cling to the “get what you came for” attitude during graduate school (or a post-doctoral stint, or a low-paying internship) is that we need something to get us through the phase where we pay our dues, the phase where the hours are long and the paychecks are small. The incentive to… Read more »
Learning is not just about a point in time where you may get what you need either in a classroom or from a page turner module, it’s something that’s more ongoing. Learning is gradual, and it never stops. It happens in moments of need, on a day-to-day basis.