• Better Disaster Preparedness and Recovery
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   June 8, 2011
• Don't wait for disaster to strike -- or for feds to arrive -- to prepare for a catastrophe.
• Categories: Management and HR ,  State
• 1 Comments

• A Jet Fighter and World War II
• Posted By: |   June 8, 2011
• A business idea born in the 1940s has major implications for innovation today.
• Categories: Innovation by Design ,  Management and HR
• 2 Comments

• Measures Drive Performance in St. Petersburg
• Posted By: Rick Baker |   June 6, 2011
• Incremental improvements can naturally stitch together and uplift an entire city.
• Categories: Management and HR

• The Lottery Winner and Food Stamps
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   May 26, 2011
• How do you determine economic need?
• Categories: Management and HR
• 1 Comments

• Five Key Conditions for Collaboration
• Posted By: |   May 25, 2011
• A new essay suggests ways to avoid collaborations that end in a puddle of frustrations and ambiguous results.
• Categories: Management and HR

• Public Engagement in a Wired World
• Posted By: John M. Kamensky, Jonathan D. Breul |   May 24, 2011
• A guide to when and where public managers might seek -- or receive -- citizen input.
• Categories: Management and HR ,  Technology
• 1 Comments

• Obama, the Zoo Lady and Job Security
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   May 19, 2011
• As new technologies, priorities and budget realities take hold, public leaders have to insist that the public workforce embrace changes that promote efficiency.
• Categories: Management and HR
• 10 Comments

• The Ugly Side of Transparency
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   May 16, 2011
• When information is delivered by the media, it can not only be a big, embarrassing dose of ugly, it can also be a distorted picture.
• Categories: Management and HR ,  Technology
• 1 Comments

• Five Reasons for the CBO's Success
• Posted By: |   May 11, 2011
• History is chock full of instances where key initiatives of a majority party were called into question by the Congressional Budget Office. Yet it survives.
• Categories: Management and HR

• Can't We All Get Along? Collaboration in Crisis
• Posted By: Paul L. Posner |   May 10, 2011
• When all governments in our federal system suffer from common maladies, joint solutions are preferable.
• Categories: Management and HR