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Communities thrive through caring leaders, residents, and dreamers. AuthentiCity FM brings local government stories to life, inviting all who want to make a difference. Discover honest views, fresh insights, and candid talks that inspire change. Whether you're a city manager, advocate, or curious, AuthentiCity FM reveals the ideas shaping our communities. Join us in a movement where authentic voices and bold ideas build tomorrow's cities.
AuthentiCity FM hosts AuthentiCity FM | Real Stories. Bold Ideas. Better Communities., a government show with 38 episodes published.
There is something that happens when the familiar becomes invisible. You stop seeing it clearly, stop questioning it, stop asking whether it is actually working. For local government practitioners, that invisibility is o
#AuthentiCityFM #LocalGovernment #Leadership #PublicService #Discernment #CityManagementThis episode opens a summer series built around a question that has been sitting with the hosts for weeks. How do we develop discern
A year in, the hosts of AuthentiCity FM do what any self-respecting Gen X podcast should eventually do. They pull a clip show. Framed around Mike's encyclopedic knowledge of early Simpsons episodes and sprung on Corri an
Some careers accumulate experience. A few accumulate wisdom. Scott Neal has been a city manager every day of his professional life since June 1st, 1988, and this conversation is a rare window into what nearly four decade
A generation that wants to make a difference is coming of age without a clear map for how to do it. Most of them have never heard of city management as a career. Fewer still understand that local government is where the
What does loyalty actually require of you? Not the version that sounds good in a performance review. The version that asks you to disagree fiercely, hold your ground, and then execute faithfully on a decision that wasn't
What does it take to stay in the same seat for 27 years and never stop asking what comes next? In this episode, we sit down with Michael Wilkes, the longest-tenured city manager in the history of Olathe, Kansas and the n
What does it mean to be successful in local government? Not the version the profession has been selling for decades, the linear path from small city to bigger city to biggest chair, but the one that actually fits the lif
What does it actually take to build a high-performing organization? Not the version that sounds good in a strategic plan, but the one that holds when things get hard, when timelines compress, and when the instinct to jus
#AuthentiCityFM #LocalGovernment #Leadership #PublicService #CityManagement Something keeps coming up in the conversations people are having with us outside of this podcast. Not what's broken, but what they're starving f
The chaos didn't go away. The inbox is still full. But something shifted, and this episode is about what you do with that. We pick up where Episode 28 left off, with the question of whether we're competing for status or
You survived the disruption. You built the resilience. And somewhere between the council meetings and the 11 PM emails you didn't have to send, something started to stir. That's where episode 28 begins. Not with a crisis
#localgovernment #citymanagement #resilience Some people find their way into local government. Pam Davis knew exactly why she was going there, and then spent her career making sure others didn't have to find that path al
There's a difference between being ready and being prepared. Ready means you've checked the boxes. Prepared means you've lived in the questions long enough to know which ones matter. This conversation explores what it ta
#citymanagement #leadership #localgovernment Work has always been hard. But something shifted. Now it's harder to tell what's real and what's just amplified noise. Harder to know what deserves urgency and what's anxiety
#LocalGovernment #Leadership #Stewardship #PublicService #GenX #GenZ The future of local government doesn't start tomorrow. It's already here. Melissa Ochoa and Micah Eradiri are ICMA Local Government Management Fellows
#citymanagement #localgovernment #disruption Your water treatment plant turns 100 next year. The price tag to replace it is terrifying. So you patch it together for five more years and kick the decision down the road. Ag
#citymanagement #disruption #processintelligence Your organization runs on invisible processes. Purchase orders that skip protocol. Approval chains scattered across three different systems. Workarounds that became standa
#localgovernment #leadership #disruption You can't balance on a pogo ball standing still. That's the problem. We keep waiting for things to stabilize so we can find our footing, but static balance doesn't exist anymore.
#localgovernment #citymanagement #publicservice Mike Land didn't choose city management. City management chose him. From affordable housing boards in the 1980s to serving as ICMA President today, Mike's career reflects a
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