Category: Article
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Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural: Moral Courage in Public Life | PA TIMES Online
“Public service, viewed as a calling not just a job, demands that moral courage accompany technical proficiency. That was what Lincoln modeled.” Source: Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural: Moral Courage in Public Life | PA TIMES Online
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NYTimes: Four Ways to Be More Effective in Meetings
Four Ways to Be More Effective in Meetings https://nyti.ms/2n544z3
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Infrastructure – Technologies Delivering Impact and Value | PA TIMES Online
"… infrastructure has not kept up with the demands of an increasingly productive society." https://shar.es/1Uo9Cc
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An Exploration of Innovation: An Organization’s Only Insurance Against Irrelevance
‘Addressing some probing questions—such as “How do you create a DNA-deep, sustaining capacity for innovation?” “What does it mean to be a leader in a creative, connected, disruptive world?” and “How do you create organizations that unleash rather than squash human potential?”’ http://nistbaldrige.blogs.govdelivery.com/2017/03/02/an-exploration-of-innovation-an-organizations-only-insurance-against-irrelevance/
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Does Managing for the Long Term Pay Off? | Blogrige The Official Baldrige Blog
In short, yes! http://nistbaldrige.blogs.govdelivery.com/2017/02/16/does-managing-for-the-long-term-pay-off/
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Identifying Best Practices in Workforce Management | PA TIMES Online
Aside from consultants promoting employee engagement studies, there has been virtually no interest in identifying the practices that are most effective in managing government’s workforce. At the same time, independent surveys have highlighted workforce problems as the No. 1 management challenge. [Don’t miss this link, too. http://worldmanagementsurvey.org/ ed.] Source: Identifying Best…
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Beyond Ethics: Honor and Public Service | PA TIMES Online
Ethics standards and laws proscribe certain behaviors but say little about how an ideal public servant ought to behave. Demanding public servants be ethical is not enough. “All public servants must constantly learn, but responsible citizenship means gaining a deeper understanding of the Constitution and regime values. Failing in one’s…
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If We Build It, Will They Come? | PA TIMES Online
Great article on the challenge of supporting struggling communities and families with available, low-cost technology. Solutions need to start with trust and education before technology is useful. http://patimes.org/build-it-come/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+patimes%2FlidQ+%28PA+TIMES+Online%29
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The Bigger Questions
Totally agree… “education investment strategy should be the cornerstone for a Democratic budget blueprint at the federal, state and local levels.” http://patimes.org/bigger-questions/
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The hidden world of deep semantics – KMWorld Magazine
Great article for my friends who love linguistics. http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/Column/The-Future-of-the-Future/The-hidden-world-of-deep-semantics-111921.aspx
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