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Designing Collaborative Councils to Encourage Healthy Communities
Food policy councils are an increasingly common way to address community health. These collaborative bodies bring together diverse stakeholders to make policy recommendations and are often tasked with addressing a…
Creating Healthy Societies and Communities
A healthy community begins at the individual level. When individuals are healthy and met their basic needs, they can realize their personal potential and the potentials of others. Government programs,…
How Home Rule Cities Can Cooperate
A little over four years ago, I conducted a survey with the Kentucky League of Cities (KLC) of their member mayors. We asked them about their networking with other members…
BIDs as Partners in Community Wellness
Business improvement districts have the capacity to be much more than organizations that provide secure, maintained, beautiful downtown shopping and tourist districts. The BID can promote wellness within their community…
Surplus Military Equipment and Local Law Enforcement Agencies
Over the years, law enforcement has shifted towards heavy militarization. Inventory of local police departments have grown to include armored trucks, grenade launchers, tear gas and bean bags. Meanwhile, community…
Adaptive Strategies for Administrators—Part 1
Administrators in the public sector face difficult challenges. They must deal with constant change in their organizations and the outside world, and must decide how to guide their organizations through…
How ISIS Affects U.S. Government Policies
ISIS is an extreme group seeking to establish an Islamic state across the Middle East, targeting their territory with relentless propaganda and publicizing their most gruesome killings to further ideologies.…
Why “Mad Men” Is Great for the Public
The television series “Mad Men,” gave viewers a chance to observe the different dimensions of the modern workplace and illuminated the varying levels of complex relationships that executives manage on…
The Promise and Perils of Public-Private Partnerships
Complex externalities like globalization, economic instability or political conflicts may endanger the capability and efficiency of today’s governments. Public-private partnerships may offer an alternative to government's lack of capacity and…
Coffee and Doughnuts: Part 2
With a long career as a law enforcement executive, I posit that the topic offered this month-- militarization of law enforcement—is by no means a new one. Assaults and murders…
The Citizen Side of the Tennessee Promise
On Jan. 9, President Obama introduced his plan for free community college for future high school graduates. His proposed program aligns with a similar effort in Tennessee. The state’s program…