I’m Jessica VanderKolk, Communications Manager for the City of Battle Creek, Mich. Join my Twitter fam and find me on LinkedIn. What I’m listening to: My husband teaching college virtually, my son watching his 30 minutes of afternoon TV, and my dog panting after playing outside. What I’m watching: Parks & Recreation when I can … Continued
Photo by Rachael Gorjestani on Unsplash We need to SIP before we start ‘storming. By that I mean more Structured Individual Play (SIP) before brainstorming. In professional environments, we are entirely comfortable with brainstorming, which is a version of structured group play, but if I said “Take 30 minutes and have an experience for yourself. Take a … Continued
Mike Skibbe (Twitter and LinkedIn) What I’m Watching: Pocoyo (a delight of a kid’s show) What I’m Reading: Killing Commendatore – Haruki Murakami What I’m Listening To: Still Untitled, the Adam Savage Project Why does your department exist? It’s not an existential crisis. It’s Friday and nobody has time for an existential crisis at work. Mission, … Continued
This Morning Buzz is from Susan Barkman, Council/Mayor Management Analyst with the City of Aurora Colorado. What I am reading: The news. What I am listening to: Bluebird by Miranda Lambert What I am working on: office policies! We all experience challenges in life, and sometimes we get knocked down. Bouncing back from our bad … Continued
What’s New with Clay Campbell (LinkedIn / Twitter): What I’m Doing – Putting in hardwood floors and baseboards What I’m Watching – October Faction on Netflix What I’m listening to – Alan Walker – Different World When many of us think of citizen engagement, the first thoughts are of the digital interactions wrapped up in customer … Continued
Right Now with Kevin Teater What I’m Listening to – My dog snoring ? What I’m Reading – The Death and Life of Great American Cities – Jane Jacobs What I’m Watching – University of North Carolina basketball ☹ What I’m Doing – Learning how to play ukulele The Burden of Public Service Leadership The … Continued
Today’s Buzz is by Meredith Reynolds, Park Planning & Partnerships Manager for the City of Long Beach. Follow Meredith on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. What I’m Listening To: The new vinyl record my husband gets me each year for my birthday, this year is Chris Stapleton’s Traveller What I’m Watching: The Wire What I’m Planning: … Continued
Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Maggie Jones – connect on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Listening To: Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast and Sia’s Original What I’m Reading: Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids – And Start Raising Kind Ones by Adam Grant and Allison Sweet Grant As many others living in … Continued
Today’s guest blog is brought to you by Rae Buckley, Director of Organizational and Strategic Initiatives, Town of Chapel Hill, NC. Like many discussions about work-life balance, the July PM magazine “Making Work-Life Balance a Priority” offers a series of articles about how local government employees can find more balance by being more organized, tapping … Continued
Today’s buzz is by Sarah Henricks (LinkedIn and Twitter) What I’m Watching: My almost-6-week old baby sleeping, hoping she wakes up happy and not screaming like a velociraptor What I’m Reading: I’m still reading The Goldfinch, because of the above What I’m Eating: Homemade lactation cookies (TMI?) This is the third installment of my experience navigating family … Continued
