A celebration of bureaucrats and bureaucracy. Whether in government, business, or non-profits, meetings, reports, meetings, conferences, reports, and meetings constitute daily life in a large organization.
Naturing leaders is important for any bureaucracy. This month the Carnival of the Bureaucrats encourages government bureaucrats to join Young Government Leaders: YGL is a professional organization of young men and women employed by the Federal Government. Our mission is to educate, inspire, and transform the current and future leaders of the Federal Government. … … Continue reading COB-15: young government leaders
OECD broadband rankings have become a leading indicator of progress in communications development. Broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants for the United Kingdom, France, Japan, the United States, and Germany are 21.6, 20.3, 20.2, 19.6, and 17.1 (Dec. 2006 figures). These statistics depend on reporting from a large number of bureaucrats in private telecommunications companies. For … Continue reading COB-14: advancing progress forward
At the heart of a bureaucratic mission statement is bringing people together for a long period of time in a spirit of expansive inclusiveness. Nothing does that better than meetings. Every committed bureaucrats looks back fondly on the time when she or he was free to leave to attend meetings. Meetings provide rare vision that … Continue reading COB-13: meetings bring people together
One of the leading monuments to twentieth-century bureaucracy is Tatlin’s Tower. Planned about 1919, the Tower was to be constructed from iron, glass, and steel: The tower’s main form was a twin helix which spiraled up to 400 m in height [about a third taller than the Eiffel Tower], which visitors would be transported around … Continue reading COB-12: the art of bureaucracy
This month’s Carnival of the Bureaucrats highlights the bright future for U.S. bureaucracy. The Council of Graduate Schools’ Advisory Committee on Graduate Education and American Competitiveness has just released a 30-page report entitled Graduate Education: The Backbone of American Competitiveness and Innovation. The Executive Summary begins with it: It is tempting to be complacent about … Continue reading COB-11: education is the key to success