August 5 - 11 My “weeknotes” capture events, thoughts, and other items from the past week, mostly focused on work. This is a much shorter update than usual this week. I got caught up working on 2025 budget stuff over the weekend and had much less time available to prep a weeknote post. Still, I … Continue reading 2024 Weeknote 32 : Better late than never
July 1 - 7 My “weeknotes” capture events, thoughts, and other items from the past week, mostly focused on work. This week's post will be a little shorter because (1) the holiday messed up the week, and (2) I need these to be shorter for everyone involved, especially me! [1] Weeknotes vs. Leadership Posts Heard … Continue reading 2024 Weeknote 27 : Independence Day… for the UK
June 10 - 16 These are my “weeknotes” to capture events, thoughts, and other items from the past week, mostly focused on work, but with some personal stuff thrown in. What a week. It was 5 days in the office with lots of meetings to keep lots of things moving forward, including whole teams, big … Continue reading 2024 Weeknote 24 : Reboot. Restart. Repeat.
May 20-26 These are my “weeknotes” to capture events, thoughts, and other items from the past week, mostly focused on work. Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com I moved. Digitally. I grew tired of the sprawling digital estate I've been maintaining personally, so I decided to collapse several digital properties into the one you see … Continue reading 2024 Weeknote 21 : Reloading…
I originally published this post on Medium. I copied it here in May 2024 to keep it alongside my other content. Back in February I wrote about talent attraction and retention in government. It’s a growing hot topic in #GovTech circles as the Boomers retire and lots of younger professionals (Gens X, Y, and Z) … Continue reading To hire in government IT, cover the basics, but promote the meaning of your mission
Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash I originally published this post on Medium. I copied it here in May 2024 to keep it alongside my other content. Do you resist using “SMART” goals like I do? The concept seems logical and useful, but I can’t say I’ve seen them work. SMART goal-setting is typically connected with … Continue reading SMART goals? Maybe not so smart after all.
