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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…
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…
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…
How to Create Good Accomplishments Using Technology and Management Improvements
As a former CIO, I have had the good luck of only having one failed experience over a 30+ year career in local government and that was corrected within…
Planting Seeds of Goodwill
I go to see my favorite tree a few times a year. The tree sits in front of my former home in West Richmond, VA. The City of Richmond has…
Recommendations for Fixing Political Appointments Process & Strengthening the Federal Workforce
We have a broken political appointments process and we face an increasing number of complex demands on our federal workforce, in which we have significantly reduced our investment. These were…
The Butterfly Effect in Public Service
Does the flap of butterfly’s wing in Brazil change the weather in Texas? So asked Edward Lorenz in his 1963 study on the analysis of the “sensitive dependence on initial conditions.”…