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Catalysts for Change
For the past couple weeks I’ve been thinking about a comment Justin Herman made to me regarding his new colleagues. The rough paraphrase was, “They are great people who are extremely knowledgeable, but they don’t seem to be on the circuit.” … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Lovisa A. Williams, Open Leaders, Organizational Transformation, People
Tagged @ideagov, alanwsilberberg, change agents, charleneli, culture, culture change, gov2.0, Government 2.0, govfresh, herculean task, hercules, heros, johnfmoore, Justin Herman, leaders, leadership, lukefretwell, nickcharney, ninjas, open leaders, open leadership, rockstars, steveradick
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Everyone is a Public Affairs Officer
This week I was teaching our first Community Managers Boot Camp. This class was developed to be an intensive small group three day class focused on a specific group of Community Managers who are preparing to run a specific community. … Continue reading
Posted in Community Management, Government, Lovisa A. Williams, Technology
Tagged @bgrundfest, @ideagov, alan w. silberberg, Bill Grundfest, Business, change, community management, community manager, culture, culture change, Department of State, DoS, Education, Engagement, foreign service, gov2.0, Gov20LA, Government, Government 2.0, Government 2.0 Camp LA, Online Communities, PAO, People, policy officer, public, public affairs officer, show business, Social Media, State Department, Team building
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Failure is Not an Option
“Failure is not an option.” This is a great line from the movie Apollo 13. In so many ways it very much embodies part of the government culture. Failure really isn’t an option for us. There is too much at stake. Continue reading
Posted in Government, Innovation
Tagged andrew p wilson, Apollo 13, culture, culture change, dana schwartz, fail, fail faire, failure, gov 2.0, Government 2.0, innovation, Lovisa Williams, MobileActive, mobileactive.org, People, public trust, Social Media, trust
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The Intersection
I’ve been thinking a lot about innovation. What is it? How does it happen? And how do you implement a culture of innovation in your organization? This thinking lead me to read the book The Medici Effect by Frans Johansson. … Continue reading