Policing and the ISO

It’s funny the things you can find on the Internet while looking for something else. In my case, it was…

The Best Police Departments: Teaching Organizations?

Yes. This is my dream. For police to be both learning and teaching organizations. And not just to other police…

Compassionate Policing

A Police Officer Who Did the Right Thing By Laura Pogliano [The following letter is by the mother of son…

Watch Out For Your “Kodak Moment”

What’s the difference between Kodak and our nation’s police? When a company like Kodak quits innovating, experimenting and changing with…

Organizational Transformation: How To Do It

THIRTY YEARS of research by leadership expert Dr. John Kotter have proven that 70% of all major change efforts in…

Going from Good to Great — Possible?

“Good is the enemy of great.” — Jim Collins Can a police department be GREAT, not just “good?” Here’s my…

This is Encouraging!

Yes, this IS encouraging! In my new book, “Arrested Development,” I discuss the importance of creativity, innovation, research, and the…

Here’s What I Have Been Talking About!

Watch the video below and then take note of one very important thing: the officers have their helmets attached to…

Handling Protest: When Will We Ever Learn?

Since the days of the the labor and civil rights movements and through the era of the protests against the…

They’ve Come a Long Way — Women in Policing

Just today I viewed a post from Kristen Ziman, a commander with the Aurora (IL) Police Department. A year or…