The well-being of public workers in an age of anxiety By Mark Funkhouser How are your local government’s employees doing? If you don’t know the answer to that, you should….
Communities and the Untapped Potential of Baby Boomers by Mark Funkhouser State and local governments have long known they have a workforce pipeline problem, but the Great Resignation brought on…
Banks Are Following The Money On Climate Change. That’s A Good Thing. by Mark Funkhouser This year’s COP26 international climate change conference has seen unprecedented participation from the finance industry,…
How To Manage Against Increasing Volatility: Lessons From A City That Went Bankrupt by Mark Funkhouser For many folks working in government, Stockton, California, wouldn’t be the first place that…
Three Small Yet Powerful Ideas to Make Your City a Pedestrian Paradise by Mark Funkhouser For modern cities, the pathway to economic success just might be a sidewalk. When we…
As someone who’s advocated for local-government workers for 40 years, I’m going to tell you something you’d never expect me to say but that I truly believe: Cities should employ a lot fewer people.
The Smaller, Supercharged Workforce Our Cities Need by Mark Funkhouser As someone who’s advocated for local-government workers for 40 years, I’m going to tell you something you’d never expect me…
Is Your Local Government ‘Anti-Fragile?’ It Better Be. by Mark Funkhouser In what felt like an eerie flashback, the scenes at the gas pumps following last month’s ransomware attack on…
You Won’t Get All Your People Back. What’s Next? by Mark Funkhouser Here’s a harsh reality that will be hard for some who lead and manage in municipal government to…
How Not to Screw Up Your Government’s Stimulus Windfall by Mark Funkhouser As state and local governments celebrate the latest federal stimulus package, I’m struck by what I heard recently…