NASA CIO Blog

July 2009
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Inspire or Expire Jul 31, 2009 04:13:47 PM | Linda Cureton
 
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center got an inspiring first visit from our new Administrator Charlie Bolden. One thing he said stuck in my mind and in my heart. He said that NASA should ... inspire. What do organizations need to do in order to inspire?
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Footprints in the Sand: Innovation at Goddard's White Sands Complex Jul 28, 2009 04:41:48 PM | Linda Cureton
 
Innovation is all the rage these days. Ironically, we talk about innovation like it’s never been done before. I had the pleasure of visiting Goddard Space Flight Center’s White Sands Complex in Las Cruces, New Mexico. But innovation also includes getting new life out of old things. As I stowed my 2 PDAs, cell phone, laptop, and two iPods, I was about to see how these heroes of technology maintain and support a very mature infrastructure with scarce resources.
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Problem Solving and Personal Leadership Jul 13, 2009 08:12:40 PM | Linda Cureton
 
Not surprisingly, some of the same characteristics of a good problem-solver can be found in a good leader. Courage, creativity, focus, tenacity.
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The Poor Strugglin’ CIO Jul 02, 2009 05:30:08 PM | Linda Cureton
 
Sometimes you have good days and sometimes you have bad days. As you look backwards on bad days, these leadership lessons always seem clear. Wouldn’t be great if we could look forward to them or at least learn these lessons in real time? It would make you almost embrace these so-called bad days. It could improve your learning as a leader.
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