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Waking from a Beautiful Dream: From Money-Making and Tireless Toil to Eudaimonia and Ataraxia

Waking from a Beautiful Dream: From Money-Making and Tireless Toil to Eudaimonia and Ataraxia

Many employees have begun quitting their current jobs for different careers. This piece will seek to shed light on some of the reasons for this behavior and the importance of…

State Infrastructure Programs as a Countercyclical Tool

State Infrastructure Programs as a Countercyclical Tool

Infrastructure investment is generally considered to be a highly effective engine of job creation, which is much needed during recessionary periods.…

Law Enforcement is a Critical Infrastructure and Key Resource

Law Enforcement is a Critical Infrastructure and Key Resource

Critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) are complex systems ensuring the safety and security of the nation. Overlooked as a social necessity in conversations to defund and abolish policing in…

A Perfect Storm for Policy Entrepreneurs to Increase Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP) Landlord Participation

A Perfect Storm for Policy Entrepreneurs to Increase Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP) Landlord Participation

The pending eviction tsunami is an example of an ideal window of opportunity for affordable housing policy reform as the paradigm shifts toward the Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP), formerly…

Part Three of a Three Part Series: How to Speed Mass Vaccination

Part Three of a Three Part Series: How to Speed Mass Vaccination

Process improvements at Hartford’s Dunkin’ Donuts Park clinic increase COVID-19 vaccination rate by 207% in five weeks.…

The Value of Public Service Exemplars

The Value of Public Service Exemplars

It is worthwhile in our contentious and polarized world to reflect on exemplars from small and large communities who strive to serve the public interest on a daily basis, often…

Talent Marketplaces for Composable Government Agencies

Talent Marketplaces for Composable Government Agencies

Add a talent marketplace to the composable government agency, and you will have agile government agencies that can rapidly react to new volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environments. …

PEKKA Got Talent: Women-Headed Household Empowerment in Indonesia

PEKKA Got Talent: Women-Headed Household Empowerment in Indonesia

In Indonesia, PEKKA, a women’s organization focused on household role empowerment, is trying to shift the perception of gender roles at a societal level.…

Space Force…Please. Cyber Force…Please!

Space Force…Please. Cyber Force…Please!

The Trump administration created the Space Force to operate in the space domain—a premature decision considering the threats we are enduring as a nation are currently in the cyber domain.…

The Ventura Police Department: The Mission and the People Drive Engagement

The Ventura Police Department: The Mission and the People Drive Engagement

The Ventura Police Department experience demonstrates why it is important to survey employees to understand how engaged employees are, what influences their engagement and whether actions to improve and sustain…

Improving Police Recruitment Within the Community

Improving Police Recruitment Within the Community

In a world where the allure of being a police officer is dwindling, it may be time to sound the alarm of drastically changing how to recruit for the future.…