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The Manager's Musings.(Joseph LeDoux)
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The Public Manager
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March 22, 2008
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Synaptic Bureaucracy
In his 2002 book, Synaptic Self, Joseph LeDoux explains how unlike other cells in the human organism, neurons-the cellular tissue of the brain-have nerve endings that communicate instantaneously with other brain cells to achieve a common, integrative outcome. Wow! Can you imagine how much more responsive and successful public bureaucracies would be if they had synapse-like mechanisms that could send and receive messages in such a dynamic and egalitarian way?
It occurs to me that many of the "core values" that appear on most of today's government agency Web sites (transparency, inclusiveness, agility, citizen-centered ness, etc.) would be much ...
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