Thomas Norman

Professor of Management at California State Dominguez Hills
Founding Faculty of the Innovation Incubator &
Organization Leadership Effectiveness Lab

[Thomas Norman @thomasjnorman]

Tomorrow is Budget Day in LA. Volunteers audit the city budget, department by department, and almost no one knows it happens. My new essay on the civic infrastructure we forget to build:
https://t.co/UwjQekqgxA

[Thomas Norman @thomasjnorman]

Thanks to Museums Victoria for making this photo available on @unsplash 🎁 https://t.co/v7ZTTlgCvi

[Thomas Norman @thomasjnorman]

3/ My new essay makes the case for what comes next, anchored in the LA Harbor — three pieces being built now with EmpowerLA, the Port of LA, CSUDH, and harbor-area NCs. Read: https://t.co/hCHv1WiOHp

[Thomas Norman @thomasjnorman]

2/ LA ran its own civic experiment in 1999: 99 Neighborhood Councils, the most extensive neighborhood-democracy structure in the country. In a council of 40,000 residents, boards get elected with 26 votes. We democratized the floor and let the ceiling collapse.

[Thomas Norman @thomasjnorman]

1/ In 1971 Minnesota's "Miracle" equalized school funding across rich and poor districts with bipartisan leadership. It was one of five institutions Minnesota built between 1952–77 that gave business, government, academia, and citizens a habit of sitting at the same table. 🧵

[Thomas Norman @thomasjnorman]

Most comp textbooks treat pay as paperwork. I think that gets it backward. Pay is how organizations direct, attract, reward, and keep talent. I'll be posting here on building reward systems that hold up — especially in California, the toughest pay-law state. Follow along.

[EdSource @EdSource]

After a judge flagged “phantom quotations,” Cal State acknowledged AI had been used.
https://t.co/e7a7m8ET46

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

In an authoritarian society, a handful of oligarchs own media.

Here’s where we are in America:

Musk owns X.
Zuckerberg owns Facebook & Instagram.
The Ellisons own CBS — and are eyeing CNN & TikTok.
Bezos owns Twitch & the Washington Post.

We must combat oligarchy.

[Thomas Norman @thomasjnorman]

The gap between productivity and a typical worker’s compensation has increased dramatically since 1979:... https://t.co/vgTvptLRu0

[Cal State Dominguez Hills Athletics @TorosAthletics]

🚨 Playoff Game Day Alert! 🚨

@CSUDHmbb is hitting the road for the NCAA West Regionals! 🏀🔥They’re set to take on Northwest Nazarene University!

⏰ - 2:30 PM
🏟️ - Golden Gymnasium
📍- San Diego, CA
📺 - https://t.co/pj2YiRzOKo
📊- https://t.co/w7BzzZRUdZ

[Lawrence H. Summers @LHSummers]

Important new analysis from @NatashaRSarin and @The_Budget_Lab suggest to me that DOGE’s IRS cuts could easily cost the federal government close to a trillion dollars over the next decade that may well exceed any cuts in spending that prove feasible and judiciously sustainable. 1/3 https://t.co/1Ib0GxqNtL

[Thomas Norman @thomasjnorman]

At Cal State Dominguez Hills, students are connecting other students to health services https://t.co/7CrwK86qUE

[Thomas Norman @thomasjnorman]

Pay for Cal State presidents has grown at nearly twice the rate as pay for lecturers https://t.co/ZGOFjQEESe

[Thomas Norman @thomasjnorman]

There’s a proven fix for an urgent education problem — Congress should embrace it  https://t.co/pec4LZUvxO

[Thomas Norman @thomasjnorman]

Is secrecy necessary for a successful university presidential search? Here’s what the numbers say by The Brechner Center https://t.co/SGdGwwvVoF

[Thomas Norman @thomasjnorman]

@DominguezHills @CSUDHmsoccer Fantastic job team!

[CSU Dominguez Hills @DominguezHills]

LET'S GOOOOOOOOO! Congratulations @CSUDHmsoccer 🎉👏✨🤘

[Thomas Norman @thomasjnorman]

CBS Los Angeles: Look at This – CSU Dominguez Hills https://t.co/4XKeLGS7Dh and we continue to rise.

[Thomas Norman @thomasjnorman]

2022’s+Best+Places+for+Summer+Jobs https://t.co/OBW09EvhdV via+@WalletHub