Peter C. Kiefer Court Futures, Featured Posts, Homelessness, Strategic Planning

What is the Probablity That Within the Next Ten Years Homelessness in the United States Reaches Crisis Levels

A CourtFutures Survey Results Article: April 10, 2025 The CourtFutures SurveyThe CourtFutures survey, which has tracked over 240 scenarios since 2012, assesses the likelihood of various future situations impacting the courts. While the survey has traditionally focused on an annual report of top trends, the rise of Artificial Intelligence has enabled a deeper analysis of … Continue reading What is the Probablity That Within the Next Ten Years Homelessness in the United States Reaches Crisis Levels

Peter C. Kiefer court administration, Court Employee and Workforce Issues, Court Futures, Court Leader's Advantage, Court Leadership, Featured Posts

Work Trends and the Future: How Will We Find Managers with the Skills of the Future?

September 17th Court Leader’s Advantage Podcast Episode Brought to You in Cooperation with the National Association for Court Management The world-renowned technology advisory firm The Gartner Group has come out with its Nine Future Work Trends for 2024. These are trends that Gartner has said will reshape the future of work. They are driven by … Continue reading Work Trends and the Future: How Will We Find Managers with the Skills of the Future?

Peter C. Kiefer Court Employee and Workforce Issues, Court Futures, Court Leader's Advantage, Featured Posts, Professional Development

Courts and the Hiring Crunch: Is Better Employee Career Development An Answer?

July 16th Court Leader’s Advantage Podcast Episode Brought to You in Cooperation with the National Association for Court Management In previous podcasts, we have discussed the unprecedented hiring crunch facing our country.  Intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been characterized by a significant mismatch between the supply of and demand for young talent. Despite … Continue reading Courts and the Hiring Crunch: Is Better Employee Career Development An Answer?

Phil Knox Court Futures, Wellness

THE ARCHITECTURE OF GERMS: COVID 19 and the Impact on Courthouse Design and Construction

FIRMITAS   UTILITAS     VENCESTAS     (Vitruvius 81BC-15BC) Marcus Vitruvius Pollio was a Roman author, civil and military engineer.  He is most noted today as one of the first architects.  Vitruvius produced a ten- volume treatise, De archetectura on architecture as a guide to building projects. His philosophy on building is condensed in the three … Continue reading THE ARCHITECTURE OF GERMS: COVID 19 and the Impact on Courthouse Design and Construction

Peter C. Kiefer Court Employee and Workforce Issues, Court Futures, Court Leader's Advantage, Court Leadership, Teleworking

Telework: Is There A Secret to Effective Management?

Court Leader’s Advantage Video Podcast: February 2021 Episode Brought to You in Cooperation with NACM Back in October of 2019, for most courts, working remotely from home was a privilege granted to a small number of court employees.  It seemed to be granted mostly to Court Technology workers and Executive Office staff who were working … Continue reading Telework: Is There A Secret to Effective Management?

Peter C. Kiefer Coronavirus, Court Futures, Court Leader's Advantage, Risk Management, Uncategorized

The Coronavirus: How are Courts Coping with the Crisis? Thursday, May 28, 2020 Episode

What Will the Courthouse of the Future Look Like? As more courts reopen many practical problems are emerging.  How to social distance in courthouses and courtrooms that are ill-equipped for this kind of crisis?  What kinds of traffic and crowd management tools are available?  What will courthouses look like ten or fifteen years from now? … Continue reading The Coronavirus: How are Courts Coping with the Crisis? Thursday, May 28, 2020 Episode

Norman Meyer Budget and Financial Operations, Caseflow Management and Workflow Practices, Coronavirus, Court Employee and Workforce Issues, Court Futures, Emergency Planning, Human Resources, Leadership and Governance, Operations Management, Strategic Planning, Technology and Automation, Vantage Point

Courts and Covid-19: where are we, and where are we going? [part 2 of 2]

What will the future hold for the courts in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic? This post outlines the significant challenges and recommends what should be done. We can succeed by using Adaptive Leadership to create a new future reality that is people-centered, maximizes access, and increases personal safety. The new normal is one we create!