Creating a sense of urgency
Time is of the essence for Alice’s White Rabbit. In business, time is money. In government, the call to timely...
Managing change
The answer my friends is blowin’ in the wind … BOB DYLAN (1962): BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND Managing is about...
Fostering generational change in leadership
Excellence in leadership is instrumental in serving the public interest. New-age leaders merge the principles of good governance and sound...
Spanning boundaries … Globalization
To boldly go where no one has gone before STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION (1987-94) Globalization has changed everything forever...
Building a Legacy
What we do in life echoes in eternity (GLADIATOR (2000) An allegory is a poem, story, or picture that can...
At the Speed of Thought…Middle Managers and Digitization
When Marshall McLuhan coined the phrase “the medium is the message” in 1964, personal computers, mobile phones, and the Internet...
The Burden of Proof: Accountability
“The secret to happiness is to put the burden of proof on unhappiness.” Robert Brault When public administration students insist...
A Duty of Care: Risk Management
The world is fraught with uncertainty and risk, making life difficult and worthwhile. What, for example, are the chances of...
Doing More or Less? … Middle Managers and Austerity
All’s fair in love and war JOHN LILY (1578): EUPHUES: THE ANATOMY OF WIT The surreal paradox of government is...
Let it be… Conflict
When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom … JOHN LENNON...