Disaster Preparation

Blog Co-Author: Samantha Fox, Senior Consultant, IBM Global Business Services

The first edition of the blog discussed currently observable climate change effects, and how they are beginning to impact all facets of human life. This installment will focus on methods of preparation for those effects.

Insights on Public Administration

Academic experts have contributed significant insights that have informed practice, research, and teaching for many years. Government leaders rely on expert analyses from academia to help them understand their impact on the citizens and nations they serve. Scholars advance the profession through their writings and dialogues.

The Visible Signs of Climate Change

Blog Co-Author: Samantha Fox, Senior Consultant, IBM Global Business Services

Water Security: Risks and National Security Implications

According to the United Nations, “Water Security,” is defined as "the capacity of a population to safeguard sustainable access to adequate quantities of acceptable quality water," and as a result of this increasing need for water, "achieving water security for regions, nations, and individuals is one of the greatest development challenges confronting the world today."

Increased demand for water is due to:

Disaster Management and Complex Emergencies in the Digital Age Blog Series

In 2017, 95.6 million people were reportedly affected by natural disasters, the highest in more than a decade.  Governments also must budget for and bear the fiscal costs of natural disasters. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, “in 2017 alone, the United States incurred $300 billion in damages, a record amount.”

Dr. Jeffrey Talley

Dr. Talley is a Global Fellow with the IBM Center for The Business of Government and Vice President, Global Public Sector, IBM Global Business Services. As a Global Fellow, he provides thought leadership on a broad range of topics of interest to public sector leaders with special focus on global security issues and strategies reducing risk and increasing opportunity through improved government performance.

Cognitive Readiness: The Future for Success?

Note: The IBM Center recently released Seven Drivers Transforming Government, a series of essays exploring key drivers of change in government. It is based on our research and numerous insights shared by current and former government officials. This blog is the seventh and final in a series of excerpts from each of the seven essays.

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Dr. Talley is a Global Fellow with the IBM Center for The Business of Government and Vice President, Global Public Sector, IBM Global Business Services. As a Global Fellow, he provides thought leadership on a broad range of topics of interest to public sector leaders with special focus on global security issues and strategies reducing risk and increasing opportunity through improved government performance.

Dr. Talley has over 36 years of global experiences in large-scale organizational leadership, global geopolitics, data/analytics and technology, and the environment. His diverse career spans the public, private, and academic sectors, coupled with periods of active and reserve military service as a Citizen-Soldier. His current work emphasizes the integration of engineering, business, and public policy for holistic applications through public, private, partnerships (P3).

Dr. Talley is also a Professor of Practice in the Price School of Public Policy and the Viterbi School of Engineering, with an additional appointment as Scholar-in-Residence, Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California (USC). He teaches, researches, and writes about P3 with emphasis on the impact technology is having on society, business, and government. He has served as tenured faculty at the University of Notre Dame and Southern Methodist University, and as adjunct faculty at The Johns Hopkins University. Prior to his current appointments, he was an Advanced Leadership Fellow and Cabot House Scholar-in Residence at Harvard University. He retired from military service in 2016 at the rank of Lieutenant General.

Dr. Talley received his Ph.D. in Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and his Executive M.B.A. from the University of Oxford, England. He also holds multiple master degrees in engineering, strategic studies, liberal arts, and religious studies. He is a registered Professional Engineer (P.E.), a Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE), and a Diplomate, Water Resources Engineer (D.WRE).