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.

COVID-19 Phase III—Building a robust analytic foundation to emerge stronger and more resilient

Submitted by on Tue, 10/12/2021 - 13:07

Co-Authors: Cristina Caballe, Executive Director, Global Public Sector, IBM and Mike Stone, Global Managing Director, Public Sector, Healthcare and Life Sciences, IBM

Weekly Roundup: October 4-8, 2021

Submitted by on Fri, 10/08/2021 - 13:44

The Post-COVID Civil Service:  Dr. Donald F. Kettl joins discusses how federal service can change after the pandemic. The pandemic has brought to light many systemic problems in American governance and the civil service. Like other major disasters, the pandemic presents an opportunity to reshape the future of work in the federal service. Looking to the big lessons for COVID and beyond -- turns out that the quality of people in government matters most.

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