Mike Skibbe (Twitter and LinkedIn) What I’m Watching: My coworkers on GoToMeeting What I’m Reading: Killing Commendatore – Haruki Murakami What I’m Listening To: Home Office DJ on Apple Music A small percentage of LocalGov entities had work from home policies. I looked longingly at those beacons of modern management philosophy. Two things have happened. … Continued
This post is brought to you by Mike Skibbe as part of ELGL’s “Creative Community” learning series about the role of arts and culture in local government. Sign up to guest blog about your local government experiences with creative placemaking here – tell your story so we can learn from you! “When the energy of … 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
These ten Traeger Award winners represent everything that’s good in local government. Join ELGL in celebrating their accomplishments, and connect with them on Twitter and LinkedIn to learn from their expertise. ELGL and Zencity are proud to honor these ten leaders with a Traeger Award! Meet all the Traegers! #91-100 #81-90 Jason Reisdorfer Director of … Continued
Today’s Morning Buzz is by Mike Skibbe (Twitter and LinkedIn) What I’m Reading: The Beast by Jade Gurss What I’m Watching: Letterkenny Problems What I’m Listening To: The Worklife Podcast As the year winds down, and holiday parties fill our schedules, it’s a traditional time of reflection on the past year. Best of lists fill … Continued
Mike Skibbe (Twitter and LinkedIn) What I’m Watching: Street Outlaws (It’s like real housewives, but car guy drama) What I’m Reading: Bringing Out The Best in People, Aubrey Daniels Are performance evaluations still broken? When searching this topic at ELGL, the last post seems to be from five years ago. The frustration of evaluations not … Continued
Mike Skibbe, Twitter and LinkedIn What I’m Watching: F1 German Grand Prix: Chaos in the Rain What I’m Reading: The Five Disfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencione What I’m Listening To: Criminal Episode #119: Using a concrete Budha statue to reduce city littering! One of my favorite Morning Buzzes (Buzz’s?) was Will Hampton’s … Continued
Relive the glory of the Three Norsemen of the Datapocalypse webinar and learn from Mike Skibbe, Tom Milas, and Steve Fritz about how the Village of Buffalo Grove, IL moved to data focused decision making in the Public Works Department.
Dear City of Scottsdale, AZ- As a representative of the 2018 recipients of the prestigious Cartegraph + ELGL Clarity Award, I am writing you today with congratulations. Government frequently does good things, but its also important that we share those stories in clear, meaningful ways. Your story this year was inspirational. So congratulations on winning … Continued
Mike Skibbe, Village of Buffalo Grove, IL – Twitter and LinkedIn What I’m Watching: True Detective Season 3 What I’m Reading: The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt What I’m Listening To: The Dollop Episode 15: Ten Cent Beer Night If you’ll indulge me for a minute, I’d like to talk about my full self. Not … Continued
