• In Search of “What Works”
• Posted By: Robert Knisely |   July 29, 2010
• A popular book from the 1980s chronicled the strategies of successful companies. Government leaders today are on a similar quest for effectiveness.
• Categories: Innovation by Design
• 3 Comments

• A Terrible Thing to Waste
• Posted By: William D. Eggers, John O'Leary |   July 28, 2010
• The saying may have its merits, but getting out ahead of a crisis is more sustainable and attainable.
• Categories: Management and HR

• Rhee Turns DC Schools Upside Down – or Upside Right?
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   July 27, 2010
• What Michelle Rhee has done in Washington, D.C., is not to turn the schools upside down, but to turn them upside right.
• Categories: Management and HR
• 3 Comments

• New Jersey Governor Releases Privatization Report
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   July 22, 2010
• Most interesting is the report’s call for a centralized entity whose sole purpose is to promote competitive efficiency within state government.
• Categories: State
• 1 Comments

• Fewer Rules, More Results
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   July 21, 2010
• The fiscal crisis demands change. It’s time for a Post-Progressive Era, one predicated on creating public value as efficiently as possible.
• Categories: Management and HR
• 12 Comments

• Green City, Clean Water
• Posted By: Feather O'Connor Houstoun |   July 21, 2010
• An unprecedented plan to tackle stormwater runoff hits the streets of Philadelphia.
• Categories: Green and Lean ,  Management and HR

• Creating an Ethics-Driven Organization
• Posted By: Bob Stone |   July 20, 2010
• You can’t create an ethical organization overnight, but you can start overnight, and once you start, you’ll find lots of opportunities to teach the code.
• Categories: Management and HR
• 2 Comments

• Finding and Spreading Good Ideas
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   July 15, 2010
• Two new how-to guides for public innovators could prove very useful for public officials who need to find better, faster, cheaper ways of getting the job done.
• Categories: Innovation by Design
• 1 Comments

• A Little Faith in Social Service Innovation
• Posted By: Gigi Georges, Tim Glynn Burke |   July 14, 2010
• Social innovation as a concept is rooted in a relentless focus on results -- on getting help to those in need in the most effective manner possible.
• Categories: Networked Government

• 5-Step Alligator Repellant
• Posted By: Gerry DeSeve, Robert Fryer |   July 14, 2010
• Find out how to win over your toughest critics.
• Categories: Green and Lean ,  Management and HR
• 1 Comments