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Project Orchestration: Project Management for the Internet Age (Part II)
By: Shami Dugal Project Orchestration A project today reminds me of fractal geometry. Why? In a fractal, the whole picture consists of similar parts, as you can see in this…
Picturing the Generation Gap in the Workplace
Take a look at this graphic from Compliance and Safety. Feel free to click on the image to enlarge it.…
Payback for Efficiency Systems – Time Is Money
By: Robert L. Morrison Like successful CEO’s, senior level appointed or elected officials (state government, local government, county government, school districts, authorities, etc.) must recognize in order to be successful…
Project Orchestration – Project Management for the Internet Age, Part 1
By: Shami Dugal What is Orchestration? Leonard Bernstein said that “The right music played by the right instruments at the right time in the right combination: that’s good Orchestration.” Orchestration is…
The Public Manager – Ridicule or Respect
By: Don Busi Most citizens assume there are certain inherent characteristics imbedded within the public service sector work environment that foster the notion that most public career managers are less…
Civility, Civic Literacy and Public Service
There is a robust debate underway about what it will take to attract the best and brightest of our young people to public service. As someone who has taught public…
Keeping Optimism in Public Administration
Shining eyes. I love to see shining eyes. Benjamin Zander, conductor of the Boston Philharmonic, coined the term shining eyes as the moment when possibility is awakened within us.…
Skilled Employees, Good Work Environment and Pay Needed to Achieve Success in the 21st Century
Today, much like in the past, computer systems are only as good as the people who develop them. Four basic tenets that all organizations (state government, local government, county…
Servant Leaders: Why They Are Needed and Where We Might Find Them
As a former naval officer, I had the opportunity to complete three overseas deployments. In my final deployment, I was ultimately designated as an aircraft mission commander and was…
Public Policy Tools
The major challenge for democratic governments is to effectively influence the behavior of citizens. Thus, we must examine certain tools and practices and why they are effective in implementing policy…
Energy Efficiency – Saving Dollars for the Public Sector
EDF Climate Corps places specially trained MBA and MPA students in companies, cities and universities to build the business case for energy efficiency. During the course of a 10-12 week…