Replies to This Discussion I plan to link up with more creators and innovators throughout the Federal Government. If I want to make a change, I have team up with change makers. I would like to see if Govloop could create more meet-ups or events where innovators can join forces to make a difference all year long! My YGL-LA response: bring that NextGen feeling to LA government and to each of our events over the next year. My work response: Day one of NextGen, I randomly sat down for breakfast with three young agency colleagues from our operations center in Western PA. I work in the field in Los Angeles. We immediately put our fists up in defense, or ready to throw the first blow. There has always been tension between the field and operations. The "us vs. them" mentality. After sharing a few stories, we put our guards down and decided to start an initiative when we get back to our offices. A grassroots initiative to better understand each other and improve this relationship, not top down as in the past, but starting with us. That's the NextGen way! I plan to figure out how to "Work on Purpose" as I currently feel adrift in my career. Lara Galinsky's talk was helpful in getting me re-motivated to figure out what I really want to be doing tomorrow and 5 or 10 years from now. And I am definitely, no questions asked going to NextGen in 2013, even if I