Co-Delivery: Beyond Traditional Citizen Engagement

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How can governments at all levels engage their citizens in ways that are more meaningful – and fun -- to both the citizens and their community? A series of pioneering initiatives hold new promise that this now can be done on a much wider scale.

Weekly Round-up: March 15, 2013

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Gadi Ben-Yehuda

Leadership: It's Both Lonely and a Team Sport

Submitted by on Thu, 01/25/2018 - 12:51

Leading Can Be Lonely.  Senior leaders can feel lonely when they have significant responsibilities and oftentimes little authority or control over a situation, and they have no one they can turn to.  I’ve seen several approaches to addressing this. 

Weekly Round-up: March 22, 2013

Submitted by on Thu, 01/25/2018 - 12:49

This post has been updated to include Dan Chenok's contributions.

 

Gadi Ben-Yehuda

Emerging Trends in Innovation and Social Media: Identity Management, Part II

Submitted by on Thu, 01/25/2018 - 12:48

In my last post on emerging trends, I wrote about online identity management and how it could benefit individuals, governments, and the economy.  For this post, I want to concentrate on how a more complete identity management scheme would benefit government managers in the three ways that have been the focus of this series: Real-time data collection and analysis to drive decision-making; efficient use of physical  and communication networks; and managing citizen participation in agency activities.

Leadership: It Depends on the Deck You've Been Dealt (Part 4)

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But in reality, the success of a leader depends on the context, or environment, in which they work – the deck they’ve been dealt. Even the heroes. 

But as the context – the workplace, the workers, and the work – change (because we are in more of a knowledge-based economy) -- a different type of leader tends to be more successful, especially when the challenge is cross-agency and/or cross-sector. The “lone hero” isn’t always the most effective leader in this new world.  In fact, the best leaders tend to share leadership in any large-scale change effort.  For example: 

Weekly Round-up: March 29, 2013

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This post has been updated to include Dan Chenok's contribution

 

Gadi Ben-Yehuda

Bright new ideas edition!

How Understanding Behavior Influences Program Performance

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Government managers, however, can use these new approaches to dramatically improve the performance of their programs, if done right.

Weekly Round-up: February 15, 2013

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Gadi Ben-Yehuda

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