Managing The Next Crisis: Twelve Principles For Dealing With Viral Uncertainty

Submitted by on Thu, 10/07/2021 - 09:00

The experiences of the last 18 months have pointed to the importance of well-managed actions at the local, national, and cross-border levels. Many of these steps address issues that are now well-documented, including medical support for testing, contact tracing, and vaccine management; supply chain challenges around vaccine production and distribution; impacts on local job markets; and the importance of addressing equity in delivering needed social services.

Patty Carrolo

Submitted by on Tue, 10/05/2021 - 14:52

Patricia Martone Carrolo is General Manager of IBM's Global Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry and is a Member of the IBM Industry Academy. She manages Watson Health, Services, Cloud, Infrastructure and Blockchain. Prior to her current role, Ms. Carrolo led IBM's Healthcare Industry.

Healthcare beyond the pandemic: Mapping a sustainable future

Submitted by on Tue, 10/05/2021 - 14:14

From doctors and nurses in intensive care units caring for the sickest of the sick to scientists in laboratories looking for a seemingly elusive cure for this deadly disease, healthcare systems have been stretched beyond our imaginations.

Securing borders with advanced technologies — insights from a dialogue with government leaders from Singapore, Australia and the U.S.

Submitted by on Mon, 10/04/2021 - 09:26

In a post-pandemic world, homeland security and border control agencies are being tasked with transforming how they respond and operate in a highly digitalized environment, while ensuring safety and prosperity of citizens and country. Critical challenges that agencies face include increasing volume of incidents and emergencies, overly complex trade processes, and threats to borders and customs.  Governments can leverage data, AI, and other emerging technologies to address these challenges.

Weekly Roundup: September 27-October 1, 2021

Submitted by on Fri, 10/01/2021 - 13:15

Working Together as a Federal IT Enterprise to Deliver for the American People. In a new blog post, Federal CIO Clare Martorana discusses how the pandemic forced us to re-evaluate the way we operate across government and ask how we can serve our citizens faster and more securely.

COVID-19’s final phase: How governments can emerge stronger, more resilient

Submitted by on Tue, 09/28/2021 - 11:20

This blog was authored by Mike Stone, Global Managing Director, Public Sector, Healthcare and Life Sciences, IBM.

Sarah Stein Greenberg

Submitted by on Mon, 09/27/2021 - 10:21

For over a decade, Executive Director Sarah Stein Greenberg has helped lead the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (the “d.school”), an interdisciplinary institute at Stanford University that nurtures creative thinkers and doers and helps spread the methods of design. Today the d.school reaches undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty at universities around the world, social sector and corporate leaders, and K12 educators. She is the author of the 2021 book Creative Acts for Curious People: How to Think, Create, and Lead in Unconventional Ways.

Weekly Roundup: September 20-24, 2021

Submitted by on Fri, 09/24/2021 - 11:17

CISA Releases Draft Guidance for Agencies’ Transition to IPv6. Federal agencies are on the clock to transition networks and systems to using Internet Protocol version 6, and the Trusted Internet Connection program office released draft guidance to help them make the move securely. The last pools of addresses for the previous standard—IPv4—were exhausted in 2011.

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