Pros
- Intranet and Potential Access to Shared Information (although this is not KM by any stretch) - Senior Leadership Awareness and Overall Direction (implementation by mid-mgrs suffers) - Opportunity to be a true government advisor in an operational setting without commercial pressures and ALSO being able to be a part of research initiatives - Intent is initially generally good but not latter insincerity causes staff distrust
Cons
- POLITICS - People talk around and behind others and almost never directly to each other - How can we be trusted advisors if our behavior causes each other to be self-promoting (vs. collaborative towards a group goal); and initiatives are treated as surface-level hot topics of the day instead of with the sincerity they deserve - Diversity initiatives are a true HR joke - clear as day to everyone but those spouting 'inclusive values' as they are the ones generally who don't walk the talk themselves - Shameful, contractor-like behavior - As someone else said, they want to be agile in a hierarchical, non-transparent, non-accountable, non-empowering (at least for teams), waterfall environment.