Wildfires are much more prevalent these days across the globe. They have the potential of burning large areas in just days or weeks. There is usually a great deal of struggle in containing such wildfires, with the risks of homes and lives being lost looming over those who battle the fires.
How to Make Big Decisions More Effectively
When it’s time to make a big decision, do you ask for advice? Many of us do, and our default behavior is to go to our most trusted friends or colleagues. These are the people you already talk to often, and who know you well. There is a reason you are inclined to talk with them. It is easier and less energy-intensive for your brain and theirs because they are familiar.
Government Staffing Model Reform in a Post COVID-19 World
Few if any organizations, private or public, are prepared to respond to the depth, severity, and magnitude of the changes this onslaught is having, and will have, on staffing and workplace operations in the future.
COVID-19 and the Changing Employment Landscape
2020’s game changing employment landscape across the globe is creating unwelcome change, for billions in the workforce, as we head into Q2. Covid-19 is the antagonistic contagion, forcing a shared, crystallized vision for all of us, personally and professionally.
Can Medicare for All Work?
Single payer healthcare represents a relatively simple set of processes, at least compared to the very complex U.S. healthcare system
Reinventing Your Team in the Midst of COVID-19
No matter how bad something is, there is always something of value to be glimpsed, learned, or received. COVID-19 is no exception. In the midst of a global pause to stop the spread of the virus, we are witnessing the best of the human spirit when it rises above fear to meet challenge.
Understanding HR is the Beating Heart of your Organization
Whether heads of families, corporations or government agencies, it is incumbent upon each of us to evaluate how we can do better—both now and in the future—to prepare for and cope with both small- and large-scale emergencies.
Government Staffing Strategies Determine Crisis Response
The typical response to crises is often described as “managed chaos”. This is particularly true when the onset is sudden, the affect is broad, and the duration lingers.
The City of Champions: The Power of Local Government Branding
When Inglewood dubbed itself “The City of Champions” the proclamation produced enormous civic pride and instilled a great deal of inspiration throughout the community. Few mottos have the power to touch the hearts and souls of those tied to a City as much as one that speaks directly to the human spirit. A human spirit that combines character with grit and determination to succeed at a championship level, regardless of the endeavor.