Agile Leadership

Submitted by on Thu, 07/21/2022 - 09:14

The AGC was launched in November of 2020 “to serve as the hub of a network that will bring together governments, non-profits, foundations, academic institutions and private sector partners to assist in developing and disseminating agile government principles and case studies of agile policies and programs.”

Addressing the New Era of Deterrence and Warfare: Visualizing the Information Domain

Submitted by on Tue, 07/19/2022 - 18:27

Blog Co-Authors:  Kim Kagan, founder and president of the Institute for the Study of War; Fred Kagan, senior fellow and director of the Critical Threats Project at American Enterprise Institute; Brian Babcock-Lumish, director of the General David H.

How Can Governments Use AI to Improve Procurement?

Submitted by on Tue, 07/19/2022 - 12:23

** This blog was first published on The Regulatory Review website.

Perhaps no governmental process creates the perception of a complex bureaucracy more than the U.S. government’s procurement system.

Proactively Shape the Future: A Conversation with Kara Cunzeman, Lead for Strategic Foresight, Center for Space Policy and Strategy.

Submitted by on Mon, 07/18/2022 - 09:53

What is the mission of the Center for Space Policy and Strategy at the Aerospace Corporation? How does it use innovative approaches such as strategic foresight and futures thinking to meet its mission? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Kara Cunzeman, Lead for Strategic Foresight, at The Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy.

Broadcast Date: 
Monday, July 18, 2022 - 09:36
Author: 
Kara Cunzeman
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Kara Cunzeman, Senior Leader for Strategic Foresight

Submitted by on Mon, 07/18/2022 - 09:35

Kara Cunzeman is a senior project leader for strategic foresight for the Center for Space Policy and Strategy at The Aerospace Corporation. In her role, Cunzeman is focused on cultivating a formalized approach to futures thinking at Aerospace through the strategic foresight Corporate Strategic Initiative (CSI), helping the enterprise adequately prepare its organizations and capabilities to proactively shape the future through innovative approaches across strategy, acquisition, science and technology portfolio management, policy, and operations.

Weekly Roundup July 11-15, 2022

Submitted by on Fri, 07/15/2022 - 15:27

Preparing governments for future shocks. IBM, working through the IBM Center for The Business of Government and the IBM Institute for Business Value, and in partnership with the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) plan to convene a series of roundtable disc

Preparing governments for future shocks

Submitted by on Wed, 07/13/2022 - 14:26

Co-Author:  Cristina Caballé, Executive Director, IBM Global Public Sector

Over the past two years, governments around the world have navigated and responded to the impacts of the pandemic. Throughout this journey, governments have captured valuable lessons and gained an understanding of critical areas of focus. But government leaders are now telling us they fear what were previously viewed as rare Black Swan events are now becoming more frequent—and more destabilizing.

The 3 stages of cloud adoption

Submitted by on Tue, 07/12/2022 - 15:40

Blog Co-Authors: Rasheedat Osei-Acheampong, partner and delivery executive of hybrid cloud transformation at IBM; Emma Shirato Almon, Associate Manager, Partnership for Public Service; Mark Lerner, Senior Manager, Technology and Innovation, Partnership for Public Service.

Performance Measurements Can Help Programs. It Can Also Hurt Them.

Submitted by on Mon, 07/11/2022 - 10:31

But as football great Rocky Bleier once said, “Preconceived ideas can sometimes become barriers.”  That’s been the unfortunate case with portions of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program that was passed in 1996 with the intent of overhauling welfare through very flexible block grants to the states. A preconceived idea that there was one be-all end-all performance measurement has thwarted some of the elements in the program’s original vision.

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