http://citiwire.net/post/1617/ Our mission... to reflect a new narrative for 21st century cities and regions. Leaving behind the 20th century pattern of cheap energy, endless automobility, burgeoning suburbs, threatened inner cities. To a challenge-packed 21st century: energy prices headed north, perilous carbon emissions, deepening have-have not divisions, excruciating social problems and deep challenges in education. But a time of exciting promise, too. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:15:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://citiwire.net/post/1617/comment-page-1/#comment-1084 Sharon Lawrence Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:42:11 +0000 http://citiwire.net/?p=1617#comment-1084 35 years ago when I enrolled in college as a political science major, I set out to gather as much information about as many different areas & levels of government as I could. I did so because I believe that to be an excellent government manager, you had to be the supreme generalist (in other words, the quintessential anti-silo manager). Well, I can't buy a job now in government because all the hiring managers are only looking for people with the narrowest subject matter expertise. Being well-rounded, visionary, with an intergovernmental, collaborative approach (and private sector experience to boot) s a death sentence for job hunters. So until hiring policies become more enlightened, you'll continue to have these problems. 35 years ago when I enrolled in college as a political science major, I set out to gather as much information about as many different areas & levels of government as I could. I did so because I believe that to be an excellent government manager, you had to be the supreme generalist (in other words, the quintessential anti-silo manager). Well, I can’t buy a job now in government because all the hiring managers are only looking for people with the narrowest subject matter expertise. Being well-rounded, visionary, with an intergovernmental, collaborative approach (and private sector experience to boot) s a death sentence for job hunters. So until hiring policies become more enlightened, you’ll continue to have these problems.

]]> http://citiwire.net/post/1617/comment-page-1/#comment-1082 Don DeSalvo Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:16:03 +0000 http://citiwire.net/?p=1617#comment-1082 Hey Neal: We have done this for years at our company with great success. But, and this is a big but, we have skin in the game. Bureaucrats in the Public Sector and middle managers in a public company do not. In the military, our "skin" was on our back which is where you would be if you screwed up and caused your team or company to suffer loss. We have a hellova long way to go to implement the type program of which you speak. It has curb appeal but up close, you will see the cracks in the application of the idea. If you could rid the public sector of the job protection these folks have (even if they continually screw up), we may have a shot. Hell, we just Mirandized a kid who had explosives in his panties and who was bent on killing over 250 people including himself. The disconnect between the Academic "This is the way it should be" and the Realistic "This is the way it is" has broadened to the point of dysfunction. The President is an Academic. I fear you ask too much. Hey Neal: We have done this for years at our company with great success. But, and this is a big but, we have skin in the game. Bureaucrats in the Public Sector and middle managers in a public company do not. In the military, our “skin” was on our back which is where you would be if you screwed up and caused your team or company to suffer loss. We have a hellova long way to go to implement the type program of which you speak. It has curb appeal but up close, you will see the cracks in the application of the idea. If you could rid the public sector of the job protection these folks have (even if they continually screw up), we may have a shot. Hell, we just Mirandized a kid who had explosives in his panties and who was bent on killing over 250 people including himself. The disconnect between the Academic “This is the way it should be” and the Realistic “This is the way it is” has broadened to the point of dysfunction. The President is an Academic. I fear you ask too much.

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