Beyond Known Boundaries: Leading Through Uncertainty
Control isn’t a quirk. It’s a coping mechanism our brains reach for when the future feels unpredictable. Read the full article to see how leaders can use that insight to guide their teams.
Workplace
Lead by Collaborating With People, Not Sidelining Them — Part 1
Employees with workplace suggestions or ideas should be involved in their development. Leaders should pursue a policy of collaboration, not marginalization.
When Your Workforce Is a Data-Access Obstacle
Employees must be able to access, understand and analyze the data they need, but often workers themselves are an obstacle to data access. Three clear tactics, however, can transform a workforce culture into one that welcomes data collaboration.
Government Doesn’t Have a Training Gap. It Has a Transfer Gap.
There’s often a disconnect between the training that organizations provide and employees’ real-world application of it. Learn why that happens, and explore five strategies to close the gap.
Change Leaders: You Don’t Need to Know It All!
Effective leaders know how to navigate their teams through change, uncertainty, and new ideas, and they strike a balance between strength and humility. Read about a leader whose effectiveness suffered when he struggled with humility.
The Top 5 Challenges Government Agencies Face When Designing Workforce Training
Government workforce training is evolving, and agencies today must overcome five obstacles to designing effective training programs. Learn why slide decks and seminars are no longer enough.
Data Should Be…Democratized?
To unlock the decision-making power of their data, organizations must think systemically, integrating technology, governance and workforce education so that data is available and understandable to all users. The name for this is data democratization.
The Innovator’s Survival Guide: Thriving in a ‘No’ Culture
Facing resistance to change in government? Innovation isn’t just about new ideas — it’s about persistence.
Breaking a Barrier to Data Accessibility: The Challenge of Too Many Data Formats
Most data today are unstructured, found in everything from Microsoft Word documents and PDFs to video and social media feeds. That array of formats makes it hard for users to collect, analyze and act upon data. It creates an obstacle to data accessibility.
From Talent Gap to Capability Pipeline: Rethinking the Future Workforce in an AI-Driven World
The future workforce challenge isn’t a talent shortage, it’s a pipeline design problem. As AI and cyber reshape work, organizations must shift from filling roles to building continuous, adaptive capability systems that produce decision-ready leaders at scale. Those who invest in integrated workforce pipelines today will define competitive advantage tomorrow.