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Navigating Law Enforcement Culture in the Shadow of Vicarious Trauma
Taking the steps to acknowledge, normalize and adjust culture around taking care of the people who make peace are important steps for the future of law enforcement.…
Reset the Practitioner Mindset for Career Performance and Growth
Unravel and work to understand the root causes of past feelings of fear, complacency and monotony to unlock and maximize potential. Allow January 2024 to be the start of new…
Wisdom of MPA Students
In the spirit of reflecting on the past year as we enter 2024, here is a sampling of students' commentary from my human resource and public administration foundation classes worth…
Systemic Perspective, Leverage Points and Artificial Intelligence: Part I
AI has the capacity to analyze multifaceted relationships, discern patterns and identify nuanced leverage points that might be challenging for conventional methods to uncover. …
It’s Too High Spending Expectations, Not Tax Cuts, That Will Get States in Trouble in the Coming Years
One simple suggestion is that elected officials could be quietly looking for ways to reduce spending without causing panic among the administrative state.…
Of Speech and Consequences
Here is hoping that 2024 is a year where culture war issues stop distracting from the core mission of higher education. …
PACE Financing Shows How ESG Is Not Sustainability, but Still Useful
When used alone, ESG standards are incomplete. When used to track sustainability progress, ESG standards serve an important accountability role.…
Funding for Key Public Health Surveillance Programs Must Continue Amid Political and Cultural Debates
Any policy choice that could weaken the system must be based on a fact-based cost-benefit analysis, not short term political calculations or ideological purity. …
Seeking Alignment Over Agreement: A Key Leadership Strategy for Success
Alignment harnesses the collective energy and effort of the group towards a common goal, thereby paving the path to a future of sustainable growth and achievement.…
Tailored Services and Diseconomies of Complexity
The role of public administrators is to satisfy as many in the community as much as possible, while simultaneously disappointing as few as possible as little as possible. This creates…
Good Governance and Respect
While the new year will bring debates, dissonance, disagreement and disputes, hopefully, it will also bring respect and appreciation of each other by all those who participate in the governance…
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