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We Could Be Unicorns Human Services Leaders Moving From Managing Programs To Managing Information Ecosystems.Pdf, Lauri Goldkind, John Mcnutt Sep 2019

We Could Be Unicorns Human Services Leaders Moving From Managing Programs To Managing Information Ecosystems.Pdf, Lauri Goldkind, John Mcnutt

Lauri Goldkind

The availability and accessibility of all kinds of data are changing the landscape of funding, service delivery, and program planning in the human services. For human service organizations to succeed in a quickly changing data landscape, new skills will be required of leaders as well as line staff. This commentary describes the information ecosystem, skills, and training needs of those wishing to thrive in this new world and closes with questions to consider for faculty, students, and administrators in the human services sector.