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Public Agency Management Discussion

Students: How do we break away from typical community workshop? Guest Speaker: Meet at a bar, have some beers and talk about what your city could do differently.

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My son Fritz making his bike / ped dad proud this weekend!  You wouldn’t believe he is a ¼ Punjabi.

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Don’t let Bill Gates tell you how to design an organization… My old boss, Capt. Mike Valerio, Ed.D., on Powerpoint smartart. No offense Mr. Gates.  You are exceedingly brilliant, but just happen to have created a bit a piece of technology that has probably become a bit of a managerial crutch. 

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Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. Great reminder for my management students from Steven Covey; important to keep strategic focus / long-term vision while dealing with the day-to-day / people issues of running an organization.

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thisistheverge: Can you find me now? How carriers sell your location and get away with it Companies are selling ‘anonymized’ location data left and right — but do they know how to keep it private?

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humanscalecities: The San Francisco Parklet Manual (PDF)

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Just used Haas guiding principles & work by @richlyons as case in my public agency management course – yes the public sector can learn from B-schools! (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

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ucb-break-the-mode: Many thanks to those of you who came by our University Hall garage coffee hour last week, especially to those of you who signed up to be interviewed in depth about your commuting needs. We hope our info session helped before the garage closure – and we will be following up with interviews soon!… Continue reading Untitled

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Wow. It’s been a long time since I’ve been to McDonald’s. Did not realize they had such an aggressive campaign to recycle and compost.