The major climate trends and Challenges will continue to reshape society and we can only expect the impact to society to grow. For many within government, industry and academia, environmental, economic and health concerns are clearly at the top of the agenda, and the need to mitigate the impact of climate and Climate related disasters will bring profound Impacts this year and beyond. Often, we resort to technology and innovations to be the sol...

DESCRIPTION: The Shared Services concept of sharing a service or critical expertise across multiple business or mission functions within a particular agency or across multiple agencies has been around for many years with the intent of building high-quality capacity through economies of scale. The goal for Shared Services is to improve quality, consistency, and timeliness, reduce duplicative investments, and provide cost effectiveness of servic...

The long awaited executive guidance on artificial intelligence has been released by the current administration and Federal agencies have wasted little time getting to work. With the frameworks outlined in the executive order, agencies have started implementing the guidance into their operational networks, recognizing the imperative of swiftly integrating AI-focused strategies to enhance the resilience and effectiveness of their cybersecurity m...

DESCRIPTION: Government and industry leaders are embracing an accelerated pace of Change. Digital Transformation is an approach they use to identify potential disruptions, create or modify status quo business processes, work culture, and customer experience, to meet the evolving challenges and promote used in government and industry to create or modify the status quo business processes, work culture, and customer experience to meet he evolving...

DESCRIPTION: Generative Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies have entered the government procurement environment and from everyone’s perspective these technologies are here to stay. These newer technologies enable us to re-imagine service delivery and provide more efficient operations; however, there are still concerns about ethical and legal implications, intellectual property rights, data and privacy protection, and more....

Government and industry face significant challenges in hiring the right skilled workforce, encountering a very competitive landscape, where all are vying for similar talent along with pressures to control cost. With this new landscape, government and industry are investing human capital well versed in digitization, robotics, automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and new emerging technologies of the future. Everyone is still en...

Customer expectations are rising. Today, patients expect healthcare to be convenient, accessible and delivered seamlessly. The need to provide high-quality personalized care has never been greater. Patients want convenience, personalization and accessibility in the same way they receive it with online shopping. This need comes at a time where the providers, technology firms, payers, life science services, etc. are experiencing workforce short...

DESCRIPTION: Climate change is a local, national and global challenge. It affects our health and well-being, our critical infrastructure, and our future generations. The World Health Organization has underscored that climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity, affecting social and environmental determinants of health, to include clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food, and secure shelter. Climate change adaptati...

Digital Transformation – the process of using digital technologies to create new or modify existing business process, culture and/or customer experience to meet the changing business and market requirements – Is helping government and industry improve operational efficiency, productivity, and resiliency. Its success requires savvy leadership that is willing to challenge the status quo, a skilled workforce that is comfortable with t...

CYBER 911- TIME TO ENGAGE, EXPOSE and ANNIHILATE the ADVERSARY Generally when I watch the news the first question that comes to my mind when I see anything about a cyber breach is ‘WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?' Having spent more than 30 years in the cybersecurity environment, one thing I know to be certain: The cybersecurity department of most companies employees the smartest, most strategic minds in the organization. We are meant to be s...