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Plastic Recycling vs. Climate Change: Part 4 – Seduced by Greenwashing

<strong>Plastic Recycling vs. Climate Change: Part 4 – Seduced by Greenwashing</strong>

How are municipal governments going to sell their constituents on the sacrifices necessary to turn the corner on climate change? One start would be for an honest accounting of the…

Who Is the Greatest Leader?

Who Is the Greatest Leader?

A leader with a steward mindset intentionally builds and solidifies trust with both internal and external stakeholders in addition to indirect stakeholders. It is not an easy task, but this…

Our Civic Duty

<strong>Our Civic Duty</strong>

By investing in ourselves and each other through education and action we are making the decision to improve the lives of those we serve in our communities, not only for…

Civic Responsibility and Public Administration: A Modern Take using Videos

Civic Responsibility and Public Administration: A Modern Take using Videos

The government can figure out ways to provide information to the public and explain it, but for real change to occur, it must be the people who stand up and…

Haves And Have Nots: A Look At Funding Training For Public Employees

Haves And Have Nots: A Look At Funding Training For Public Employees

With workforce training broadly and comprehensively available across state government, both management and employees will benefit. And yes, the biggest beneficiaries would be the state’s citizens.…

Maternity Leave and Tenure Expectations During a Pandemic

Maternity Leave and Tenure Expectations During a Pandemic

As the pandemic continues, and universities provide some guidance and leeway on tenure timelines (pauses) for COVID-19, the time is ripe to reevaluate how we are assessing and experiencing maternity…

The Public (Dis)Trust

The Public (Dis)Trust

Only the top leaders of these organizations can change culture over time to instill an unwavering respect for ethics and a zero-tolerance policy for those who insist on inserting their…

Should a City Manager Push the Envelope— Caretaker or Leader?

Should a City Manager Push the Envelope— Caretaker or Leader?

Of course, councils can say they want an activist manager yet not fully understand what that means and be unhappy when they get it. Indeed, no one said a city…

The Unsettled Future for the Future of Work

<a>The Unsettled Future for the Future of Work</a>

With data that suggests that productivity declined during the pandemic and the remote-work revolution, matching citizen and consumer post-pandemic service expectations may be the canary in the coal mine in…

Public Health – Do Too Many Docs Spoil the Soup?

<strong>Public Health – Do Too Many Docs Spoil the Soup?</strong>

Undergraduates are not clinicians. It is not unreasonable to expect that they may see public health as an administrative practice untethered to clinical practice. And that will be a good…

Digitalization and War: How Civil Service Can Avoid “Digital” Collapse

Digitalization and War: How Civil Service Can Avoid “Digital” Collapse

Today, everyone in Ukraine understands that smartphones act as access points to new opportunities and a new quality of life. …