Major Lev Mazeres

Submitted by on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 15:04

Major Lev Mazeres, U.S. Army, is an active duty acquisition officer currently serving as a Research Fellow in the Army’s one-year-long Training with Industry Program at IBM.  His research fellowship is intended to develop his technical expertise and analytic leadership so that he can apply industry best practices in his future Army assignments. 

Addressing the U.S. Army’s Sustainment Data Problem

Submitted by on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 15:00

“To solve problems with agility in a complex, uncertain environment, the Army must leverage information and data – at scale – more quickly and effectively than our adversaries.”

 

-Gen James McConville, U.S. Army Chief of Staff.  The Army’s Narrative on Project Convergence.

 

Making Agile Happen: Pre-Service - Part II

Submitted by on Wed, 10/27/2021 - 11:56

PRE-SERVICE CAREER EDUCATION

Two basic approaches exist to promote learning prior to entry into the workforce: (1) use existing program structures and educational protocols, and (2) reimagine how public affairs education is offered.

Common to each approach is the development of an Induction Phase of education required for all students. This blog is organized as follows:

  1. Induction Phase
  2. Modification of Existing Programs
  3. Re-Imagining Programs

Induction Phase

Nurturing the Habit of Innovating

Submitted by on Wed, 10/20/2021 - 00:00

Dr. Ben Bensaou, author of Built to Innovate joined me on The Business of Government Hour to discuss insights from his book and explore the strategic imperative for today’s leaders to make innovating an organizational habit.

NEW REPORT: Adopting Agile in State and Local Governments

Submitted by on Tue, 10/19/2021 - 21:11

Agile emerged initially as a set of values and principles for software development formalized in 2001 with the Agile Manifesto. For two decades, it helped revolutionize software development. Today, Agile approaches have been adapted to government services beyond software development, offering a new way of thinking and delivering in areas such as project management, policymaking, human resources, and procurement. 

Adopting Agile in State and Local Governments

Submitted by on Tue, 10/19/2021 - 09:52

Agile emerged initially as a set of values and principles for software development, first formalized with the “Agile Manifesto” in 2001. For two decades, Agile approaches helped revolutionize software development. Today, Agile strategies have been adapted to government services beyond software development, offering new ways of thinking and delivering in areas such as project management, policymaking, human resources, and procurement.

Implementing AI Across the Federal Government

Submitted by on Mon, 10/18/2021 - 16:44

Blog Co-Author: Tom Suder, Founder & President, Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC)

“Over the past two to five years we’ve really seen a migration of artificial intelligence from the lab out into operations.”

Dr. Ben Bensaou

Submitted by on Mon, 10/18/2021 - 11:01

He served as Dean of Executive Education in 2018–2020. He was a Visiting Associate Professor at Harvard Business School in 1998-1999, a Senior Fellow at the Wharton School of Management in 2007-2008, and a Visiting Scholar the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley in 2013-2015.

Making Agile Happen: Part I

Submitted by on Thu, 10/14/2021 - 12:59

In this and the next three posts, I lay out new frameworks for educational and training programs intended for those moving into government (pre-career service), and for those currently serving in public service (professional development).  These frameworks build from ideas in this series, and offer possible approaches for designing relevant, integrated public affairs education and deliver that to a broad, diverse population.

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