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Today's Morning Buzz is brought to you by Erin Krause Riley, Adult Services Coordinator for the Scottsdale Public Library System. What I'm Reading: Your Creative Workspace by Desha Peacock-- it's a book about how to set up a space to do any kind of creative work with lots of pictures of creative spaces people have...

Today's Morning Buzz is brought to you by Matt Horn, Director of Local Government Services for MRB Group.  Follow Matt on LinkedIn, but don't follow too closely--this vehicle makes frequent stops. What I'm Watching:  Re-watching The Sopranos as a study in organizational management. What I'm Listening to:  A maaasssive summer time playlist...so...much...Buffett... What I'm Reading: ...

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Shane Stone, sr. management to Scottsdale’s City Manager Connect with him on Twitter and LinkedIn What I’m Listening to: I saw FISHER three times in nine days last month, so his music has been bouncing around in my head What I’m Reading: I just finished "The Book of Hope" by Jane Goodall and...

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Dr. Sarah Martin, Vice President of Strategic Communications at mySidewalk. Find her on Twitter @DrSarahMarie and on Medium.  She is also now finally posting again on IG, where it’s mostly about running, but there is a fun new life change on there you might enjoy 🙂  What...

Today's Morning Buzz is by Warren Kagarise, digital engagement manager for King County, WA. Connect on LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram. What I'm Reading: Twilight of the NIMBY, a look at how neighborhood activism is evolving under the pressures of affordability, homelessness, and generational change. What I'm Watching: "For All Mankind" — a thought experiment about...

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Ido Ivry, co-founder and CTO of Zencity Follow Ido on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: Principles for dealing with the Changing World: why nations succeed and fail, nothing beats reading about Macroeconomics when they change. By Ray Dalio. What I’m Listening to: Cautionary Tales, a great podcast about disasters, stupidity and plain...

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Kayla Barber-Perrotta, Budget & Performance Manager for the City of Brighton, CO. Connect with her on LinkedIn. What I’m Listening to: Random music on my phone What I’m Reading: The Sensitive Striver What I’m Watching: Servant of the People What I’m Doing: Reflecting Grief is inevitable. At some point in...

One of the most prominent buzzwords that continues to trend in a “post-covid” world is organizational culture. Benefits, salary, policies, flexible scheduling – they are all under the microscope and if you are not taking a deeper look, someone in your organization is. Employees who feel that their employer cares about their wellbeing are more productive and more likely to be satisfied in their overall lives. People want to be happy and the work that they do should not put a restraint on that.

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Brent Olson, Emergency Management Director at the City of Phoenix. Follow Brent on LinkedIn What I’m Reading: “Start with Why” by Simon Sinek What I’m Watching: The Offer on Paramount+   In preparing for my first Morning Buzz since joining the team, I read several previous Morning...

As it turns out, the same team leadership strategies for happily trained dogs also translate to productively engaged employees.