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iPads Are Coming

Tablets are opening large quantities of previously inaccessible time for new activities. Here are four ideas on how to use this time productively.

Will the iPad, and competing tablet computers, help us manage information overload or add to the distractions?

Our colleague Jerry Mechling offers a few ideas on how to make sure tablets are used productively. READ MORE

Management Insights is published here on Governing.com in collaboration with the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School. The column is moderated by Stephen Goldsmith, a Professor of Government at Harvard Kennedy School (on leave), and deputy mayor of operations for the City of New York.

Elizabeth Daigneau is GOVERNING's managing editor.