Joe Lalley - Question to Learn: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Career, Team, and Organization

Submitted by on Mon, 10/27/2025 - 12:10
Joe Lalley is a writer, speaker, and workshop facilitator who has spent much of his career leading innovation workshops for companies of all industries, shapes, and sizes. Joe has published multiple articles ranging from how to use curiosity to navigate remote work in the pandemic to how to fix the endless cycles of bad, inefficient meetings.

AI and Public Administration: Exploring Perspectives on AI and its Impact on Public Service Delivery

Submitted by on Mon, 10/20/2025 - 14:45
How can public administrators embrace the promise of AI and emerging tech as enablers without being dominated by them? Join host Michael J. Keegan as he explores this question and more with practitioners and academics on a Special Edition of The Business of Government Hour.
Broadcast Date: 
Monday, October 20, 2025 - 10:30
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Leading Through Disruption: Scott D. Anthony on the Mindset, Mechanics, and Meaning of Transformative Innovation

Submitted by on Thu, 10/16/2025 - 12:03

Disruption isn’t chaos—it’s change made accessible. As Professor Scott D. Anthony of Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business and author of Epic Disruptions: 11 Innovations That Shaped Our Modern World (Harvard Business Review Press, September 2025) told me during our recent Business of Government Hour conversation:

Allan V. Burman Ph.D.

Submitted by on Tue, 10/14/2025 - 14:11
Dr. Allan Burman, President of Jefferson Solutions, has been a transformative leader since establishing the government solutions practice in 1996. His leadership has seen Jefferson providing a spectrum of services, including organizational and data analysis, programatic excellence, and acquisition assistance to over 60 government agencies.

Outcomes-Based Contracting: An Invaluable Tool That Builds on Proven Practice

Submitted by on Tue, 10/14/2025 - 13:59

A key element of the Administration’s efforts to bring common sense to Federal procurement is pressing agency contracting and program staff to focus on the resources applied to a project (people and dollars) and the results achieved.  For example, in education, is greater funding resulting in higher student test scores? For healthcare, is a new treatment successful in reducing the need for patient hospitalization? In both these cases the perceived benefits of the effort are clearcut.

Epic Disruptions: 11 Innovations That Shaped Our Modern World: A Conversation with Professor Scott Anthony

Submitted by on Mon, 10/13/2025 - 14:40
What are the most common misconceptions about disruption, and why does getting the definition right matter for government leaders? How can leaders distinguish between genuine failures and innovations that are simply ahead of their time? What are the societal downsides of disruption that leaders need to actively manage. Join host Michael J. Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Prof. Scott D. Anthony, author of Epic Disruptions: 11 Innovations That Shaped Our Modern World on The Business of Government Hour.
Broadcast Date: 
Monday, October 13, 2025 - 10:26
Author: 
Scott Anthony
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Prof. Scott Anthony, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College

Submitted by on Mon, 10/13/2025 - 14:23
He is currently a Professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, where his research and teaching focuses on navigating disruptive change. He teaches the popular elective courses “Leading Disruptive Change,” “Horizon Scanning,” and “AI and Decision Making.” Recognized globally for his thought leadership, Thinkers50 has named Scott one of the world’s most influential management thinkers multiple times. In 2017, he won the Thinkers50 Innovation Award, which recognizes the world’s leading innovation thinker.

A New Roadmap for AI in State Government: Balancing Innovation, Efficiency, and Risk:

Submitted by on Fri, 10/10/2025 - 17:10

In a forthcoming report, AI in State Government: Balancing Innovation, Efficiency, and Risk, authors Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene provide a timely and comprehensive examination of how AI is being integrated into state operations. The report highlights both the promise and the challenges of adopting these technologies, emphasizing the need to preserve transparency, accountability, and human judgment in the process. 

Weekly Round Up: October 6-10, 2025

Submitted by on Fri, 10/10/2025 - 16:24

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