Why Cyber Workforce Strategy Is Now a Leadership Imperative
The cyber workforce is entering a reset year. In 2026, the biggest constraint will be the ability to staff, skill and retain teams to keep pace with threats.
Posts By Dr. Rhonda Farrell
How Smart Change Leadership Turns Hesitation into Momentum
Government transformation efforts often stall not because the workforce resists change, but because leadership signals are unclear.
The Future of Government Is Not Digital — It’s Human Competence in a Digital World
The future of government is not digital, it is the rise of a digitally competent workforce capable of translating tools into mission results.
The Decision Gap That Will Define Government Performance in 2026
In 2026, governments face a defining inflection point. The single greatest challenge, and opportunity, is decision velocity under sustained complexity.
The Government Doesn’t Have a Talent Pipeline Problem. It Has a Talent Utilization Problem.
The workforce challenge is often seen as a hiring and retention crisis. That obscures a more basic issue: the chronic underutilization of existing talent.
The 10 Biggest Challenges Facing Federal, State and Local Government Today
What are the ten most pressing challenges facing federal, state, and local governments? Here’s a roadmap for government executives.
2026 Playbook for Public Sector Leaders: From Resilience to Renaissance
The 2026 playbook calls on public sector leaders to shift from resilience to renaissance, from reacting to redesigning government systems.
The Quiet Crisis of Policy Debt: How Legacy Rules Are Crippling Modern Governance
Policy debt is one of government’s greatest modernization barriers. Policy hygiene cycles enable modernization that is built on clarity, not clutter.
The Cyber–Climate Collision: Why Sustainability and Security Must Finally Talk to Each Other
The boundary between cybersecurity and climate resilience has collapsed. Learn how governments are integrating sustainability and security.
Trust, Transparency, and the Algorithmic State: Who Audits the Machines?
Governments are racing to embed AI into public service. But while algorithms accelerate decisions, they also erode something far more valuable: trust.