Promising Practices

To Be a Great Innovator, Learn to Embrace and Thrive in Uncertainty

Many great innovators have personality traits in common. Comfort with uncertainty is critical, but passion, curiosity and a number of other learnable skills can prime you for an innovate idea.

Todd Saxton
September 18, 2020

To Be a Great Innovator, Learn to Embrace and Thrive in Uncertainty

Many great innovators have personality traits in common. Comfort with uncertainty is critical, but passion, curiosity and a number of other learnable skills can prime you for an innovate idea.

Todd Saxton
September 18, 2020

Why Female Bosses Get Different Reactions Than Men When They Criticize Employees

Both male and female employees report reacting more negatively to criticism from a woman, which has implications for the success of women in leadership roles such as Citigroup's incoming CEO.

Martin Abel, The Conversation
September 14, 2020

Innovation In Government: What the Transition Teams Should Understand

To get things done in the executive branch, it helps to have a solid plan.

John Kamensky
September 11, 2020

Help Us Find the Government’s Boldest Innovators

Nominations are open for BOLD Gov 2020, a showcase for federal innovation.

Aaron Boyd
September 9, 2020

Jerks Don’t Actually Get Ahead at Work

People with selfish, deceitful, and aggressive personality traits may not have an edge over generally nice people, a new study finds.

Futurity
September 8, 2020

U.S. Unemployment Data Fail to Capture COVID-19’s Full Impact – Here’s How to Fix It Fast

Slow, unreliable labor force data have consequences for out-of-work Americans and the economy.

Julia Lane, The Conversation
September 3, 2020

There’s No Need to Choose Between Taking Action and Building Evidence

Too often, policies that seem like obvious solutions to societal problems fail to help the people they are designed to help. We can do better.

Dan Bloom
September 1, 2020

Cognitive Limits Mess up Decisions Based on Chance

Cognitive limitations lead to skewed perception of probability that can cause disastrous decisions, researchers say. But we also compensate to get by.

Futurity
August 31, 2020

GovExec Daily: Managing Dialogues Outside Your Bubble

University of California, Santa Barbara's Dr. Tania Israel joins the podcast to give tips on having meaningful conversations with people who may not agree with you.

Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler
August 25, 2020

Empowering Employees is Essential to Improving Performance

Empowered employees take goal achievement very seriously. When problems arise, they know they are expected to act.

Howard Risher
August 24, 2020

Managing Space Traffic in an Increasingly Congested Orbit

Report looks at how the federal government can best meet its responsibility for improving space situational awareness and coordinating space traffic management activities.

Sean O'Keefe, Jane Fountain, Michael Dominguez, Martin Faga and Patrick Kennedy
August 20, 2020

Stereotypes in Language May Shape Bias Against Women in STEM

Researchers found the language we speak strongly predicts implicit gender associations.

Futurity
August 15, 2020

The Response to the Y2K Challenge Offers Lessons for the Pandemic

Only the federal government can provide the leadership necessary to energize the national resources necessary to meet such a challenge. But it can't do it alone.

John Koskinen
August 14, 2020

Why Agencies Need to Spend a Little to Gain a Lot

Innovation funds have the potential to turn up effective and less expensive ways to confront today's challenges.

Andrew Feldman and Kathy Stack
August 11, 2020

How to Prepare for Rising Stress Ahead

Now is a good time to take an honest look at how you are handling your current level of stress and consider proactive steps you should take as we head toward the fall.

Michael Lee Stallard
August 10, 2020

The Workforce Is About to Change Dramatically

Three predictions for what the future might look like

Derek Thompson, The Atlantic
August 9, 2020

The Loneliness of Social Isolation Can Affect Your Brain and Raise Dementia Risk in Older Adults

The social isolation older adults are experiencing as they try to stay safe from the coronavirus pandemic is raising new mental health risks, but people can take steps to protect themselves.

Karra Harrington and Martin J. Sliwinski, The Conversation
August 8, 2020

The Lack of Meaningful Human Capital Metrics Is Hurting Agencies

There’s no effective dashboard documenting the government’s efforts to solve its considerable workforce problems.

Howard Risher
August 5, 2020

6 in 10 Likely Voters Support Voting by Mail

A new survey finds that 66% of likely voters support voting by mail for all Americans for the November election and just 22% oppose that idea.

Futurity
August 5, 2020

Video: Who Controls Pandemic Data?

A White House decision to take over collection of COVID-19 data from the CDC sparked worries over political interference. A public data expert talks about the importance of transparent public data.

Julia Lane
August 4, 2020

GovExec Daily: Supporting Women Employees During the Quarantine

Executive coach Susan Hodgkinson joins the podcast to discuss how organizations can better back up their employees during the pandemic.

Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler
August 3, 2020

Both male and female employees report reacting more negatively to criticism from a woman, which has implications for the success of women in leadership roles such as Citigroup's incoming CEO.

To get things done in the executive branch, it helps to have a solid plan.

Nominations are open for BOLD Gov 2020, a showcase for federal innovation.

People with selfish, deceitful, and aggressive personality traits may not have an edge over generally nice people, a new study finds.

Slow, unreliable labor force data have consequences for out-of-work Americans and the economy.

Too often, policies that seem like obvious solutions to societal problems fail to help the people they are designed to help. We can do better.

Cognitive limitations lead to skewed perception of probability that can cause disastrous decisions, researchers say. But we also compensate to get by.

University of California, Santa Barbara's Dr. Tania Israel joins the podcast to give tips on having meaningful conversations with people who may not agree with you.

Empowered employees take goal achievement very seriously. When problems arise, they know they are expected to act.

Report looks at how the federal government can best meet its responsibility for improving space situational awareness and coordinating space traffic management activities.

Researchers found the language we speak strongly predicts implicit gender associations.

Only the federal government can provide the leadership necessary to energize the national resources necessary to meet such a challenge. But it can't do it alone.

Innovation funds have the potential to turn up effective and less expensive ways to confront today's challenges.

Now is a good time to take an honest look at how you are handling your current level of stress and consider proactive steps you should take as we head toward the fall.

Three predictions for what the future might look like

The social isolation older adults are experiencing as they try to stay safe from the coronavirus pandemic is raising new mental health risks, but people can take steps to protect themselves.

There’s no effective dashboard documenting the government’s efforts to solve its considerable workforce problems.

A new survey finds that 66% of likely voters support voting by mail for all Americans for the November election and just 22% oppose that idea.

A White House decision to take over collection of COVID-19 data from the CDC sparked worries over political interference. A public data expert talks about the importance of transparent public data.

Executive coach Susan Hodgkinson joins the podcast to discuss how organizations can better back up their employees during the pandemic.

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