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		<title>Assessing the Possibilities</title>
		<link>http://publicfuturesblog.com/2010/03/11/assessing-the-possibilities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. John Luthy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public leaders and administrators must be able to predict potential outcomes in order to effectively forecast maintenance, operating budgets, and other unintended events that may or may not occur. With proper training and perspective public employees are perfectly positioned to make fairly accurate predictions and calculate probability without complex formulas and exercises that generally get them no closer to an accurate prediction. Is your agency prepared for the challenges ahead? <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicfuturesblog.com&blog=5950741&post=387&subd=futurescorp&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Next Few Years</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. John Luthy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cultural norms are sensitive. Over time people tend to give up or settle for less. Maslow’s hierarchy becomes an alter on which to celebrate survivorship – not the much more critical growth, innovation, enterprise and social vitality. As more people begin to deplete their emotional and financial resources, the social and economic underpinning will begin to erode. What then?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicfuturesblog.com&blog=5950741&post=381&subd=futurescorp&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Employee Development – Investing in the Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. John Luthy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preparing for the Future]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Declining revenues due to economic woes have had another detrimental effect on state and local government – employee layoffs are at new highs and the depletion of key programs is having a huge impact on service delivery. While there are some who point to government ‘bloat’ as a causative factor in recent and projected layoffs, data suggests that the reduction of government chub began to occur long ago. And, recent cuts have done nothing but eviscerate important capabilities that will again be required as populations grow and demand escalates.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicfuturesblog.com&blog=5950741&post=377&subd=futurescorp&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2010 – Predictions and Ruminations</title>
		<link>http://publicfuturesblog.com/2010/01/25/2010-%e2%80%93-predictions-and-ruminations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. John Luthy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Predictions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[2010 will not be a bad year. But it is a year in which we must begin to pose workable remedies to deficit spending and pay more attention to rebuilding the fundamental elements of American enterprise, innovation, and infrastructure. So far, there has been no demonstrable or collective political will to undertake the necessary actions. Governors, mayors, councils and commissioners are against the wall. Each state and local community must balance tight budgets while operating lean agencies that can still provide decent and adequate services. It will not get any easier in 2010.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicfuturesblog.com&blog=5950741&post=365&subd=futurescorp&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Predictions for 2010</title>
		<link>http://publicfuturesblog.com/2010/01/18/predictions-for-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. John Luthy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am concerned for our communities as they continue moving through a very difficult transition. Mayors, Councils and Commissions will be petitioned to provide ‘normal’ service levels when that has become impossible. How will they respond? What will they say? How can they prepare the community? Are they moving fast enough and in the right direction? <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicfuturesblog.com&blog=5950741&post=354&subd=futurescorp&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Competing for the Heartland</title>
		<link>http://publicfuturesblog.com/2010/01/04/competing-for-the-heartland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. John Luthy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thinking & Planning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For those elected officials and professional public managers who have not read the new book by Patrick Carr and Maria Kefalas, it is a must-read. Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What It Means for America is a marvelous book about the motivations and heartache that accompanies hard decisions related to abandoning a nurturing rural community. Journalist Nick Reding has captured similar sentiments and causative factors in his equally powerful book, Methland, which documents the new economy, changing social structures and the corrosive polarity that exists between the communities celebrated by Richard Florida and those he, Carr and Kefalas describe.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicfuturesblog.com&blog=5950741&post=350&subd=futurescorp&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ruminations on Oil</title>
		<link>http://publicfuturesblog.com/2009/12/20/ruminations-on-oil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. John Luthy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preparing for the Future]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The good news is that we’ll have enough oil to serve global needs as the economy transforms and we work toward stability.  Unfortunately, this respite may cause many to disregard the fact that oil is a finite resource and cannot last forever. Peak oil will have to be recalculated but even a cursory review tells us that consumption is rapidly drawing down reserves. While it may not be the immediate crises reported over the past few years, its long-term significance is huge. Local communities, state agencies, and the federal government must plan for higher costs associated with oil and petroleum by-products, and that covers a lot of territory. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicfuturesblog.com&blog=5950741&post=343&subd=futurescorp&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Speculation for 2010</title>
		<link>http://publicfuturesblog.com/2009/12/07/speculation-for-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. John Luthy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2010 will see a resurgence of innovation – some subtle, some predictable and some driven by remarkably creative approaches. I am not talking about new inventions. Some of the greatest innovations will come in the form of new methods of providing public services. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicfuturesblog.com&blog=5950741&post=335&subd=futurescorp&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Best in Class</title>
		<link>http://publicfuturesblog.com/2009/11/18/best-in-class/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. John Luthy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As local communities struggle to balance budgets and seek creative means of growing their economies, it seems wise to assess what attributes these cities have that make them so magnetic. Each has its own idiosyncrasies but there appear to be inherent common themes. Cities that are mobilizing to broaden their economic platforms would do well to determine what magic the listed cities possess.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicfuturesblog.com&blog=5950741&post=330&subd=futurescorp&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Numbers Please</title>
		<link>http://publicfuturesblog.com/2009/11/08/numbers-please/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. John Luthy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Data by itself is merely information. We place values on it and determine its positive or negative impact on enterprise, program, or community. Like most aspects of strategic thinking and planning, the process is typically more valuable than the product. Merely getting together to review data, establish parameters, and calculate probability will pay enormous dividends. Unfortunately, far too many public leaders and government agencies neglect this intrinsic management activity.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publicfuturesblog.com&blog=5950741&post=320&subd=futurescorp&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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