When Your Job Is Your Identity, Professional Failure Hurts More
Jake is three and he is tired. He wants to be picked up and held. “It’s okay sweetie,” his mom, Kate, sings as she reaches down to pick him up.
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Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt
Divisive politicians. Screaming heads on television. Angry campus activists. Twitter trolls.
Government Employment for Those Who Need a Leg Up
An innovative apprenticeship program is working to bring some of Los Angeles' neediest residents into the city's workforce.
Public Value: Deepening, Enriching, and Broadening the Theory and Practice
Over the last 10 years, the concept of value has emerged in both business and public life as part of an important process of measuring, benchmarking, and assuring the resources we invest and the outco
Paradoxes in Collaborative Governance: Investigating the Real-Life Dynamics of Multi-Agency Collaborations Using a Quasi-Experimental, Action-Research Approach
The literature suggests that collaborative governance efforts typically face three types of challenges: substantive problem-solving challenges, collaborative process challenges and multi-relational ac
Bringing Market Forces to the Transportation Equation
Protecting providers from competition is the enemy of efficiency and integrated mobility. It's an issue that New York City's congestion pricing will address.
Saving Natural Gas through Regulation
Washington should protect the future of the planet and the American economy.
The Art of Governing Through Questions
Socrates had it right: Dealing with the problems public leaders face requires knowing how and what to ask.
A Permanent Place for Data Analytics
In codifying its innovative operation into law, New York City has provided a useful guide for other localities.
The Dual-Purpose Playbook
Corporations are being pushed to dial down their single-minded pursuit of financial gain and pay closer attention to their impact on employees, customers, communities, and the environment.
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