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Understanding Public Administration Through the Concept of Failure
Because the bottom line in the public sector is less clear, our benchmarks for success are often vague and contested. Less discussed, but just as useful, is the nature of…
Us Against Them: Transitions & Perceived Barriers
Diversity, inclusion and equity are key drivers for educational and public institutions. Yet, we may struggle to embrace inclusivity when it comes from inside our own organizations. Why can transitioning…
Can Public Administration Utilize New Paradigms to Achieve Human Wellbeing?
Non-western paradigms about wellbeing, some rooted in the belief systems of historically marginalized indigenous societies, can aid in the development and understanding of public administration as it seeks to meet…
Leadership is Set Back by Not Sharing the Vision
What happens when leaders don’t share the vision of their team's mission? Worse yet, what happens when a leader assumes that his or her vision has been communicated, without every…
Making Our Cities Smart: Madrid’s Movement
Madrid has designed the Madrid Intelligence Project (MiNT) with a citizen-centric approach to building a smarter city for the people, by the people. …
The Coming Revolution in Local Government Finance
AI and Big Data are transforming how finance departments are doing their jobs. Local governments must move quickly to catch up in order to more efficiently and effectively manage taxpayer…
The Best Succession Planning Practices
Here, Roger Kemp shares a set of succession hiring practices that he developed to use in local governments. He has implemented these practices to fill department head positions in smaller…
Local Government Capacity-Building: A Regional Perspective
Here we compare some major differences between local governments in the United States vs. local governments in Latin America with a focus on functional, fiscal and structural capacities.…
What Skills Are Important for Future Public Administrators in This Fourth Industrial Revolution Era?
According to the World Economic Forum, future jobs will require skills beyond critical thinking, creativity, communication and collaboration. Future workers’ skill sets must heighten if they are going to be…
A Question For All Nonprofits: Do You Know If You’re Effective?
Those of us working in the nonprofit sector often have a few lingering questions in the back of our minds. Is our organization's work enough? Does what we're doing matter?…
Innovation Risk Management
While we see the very clear direction being set for government to innovate, we also know that public sector organizations frequently demonstrate a culture of risk aversion. So how do…
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