Building community- based resilience

Submitted by on Tue, 11/04/2025 - 07:52

Governments, public sector leaders, and their communities face an increasing number of high-impact events. Severe storms, wildfires, flooding, power outages, and large-scale infrastructure disruptions are growing problems that test the readiness of institutions and the adaptability of communities.

Embedding Strategic Foresight into Strategic Planning: A Conversation with Professor Bert George

Submitted by on Mon, 11/03/2025 - 23:42
What exactly is strategic foresight? And how can it be effectively integrated into planning and management to help organizations think, act, and learn more strategically? Join host Michael J. Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Prof. Bert George, author of the IBM Center report Embedding Strategic Foresight into Strategic Planning and Management: International Recommendations - sharing global insights on building sustainable foresight practices that shape the future of government.
Broadcast Date: 
Monday, February 16, 2026 - 10:31
Author: 
Prof. Bert George
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Authors of Case Study

Submitted by on Fri, 10/31/2025 - 16:11

Community Brigades

Living with recurring fire threat in California

Shirley Feldmann-Jensen DPPD, MPH

Lecturer and Program Coordinator, Emergency Services Administration MS Program, California State University, Long Beach

Steven Jensen, DPPD

Professor, Emergency Response Services, California State University, Long Beach

AI in State Government

Submitted by on Thu, 10/30/2025 - 15:12

State governments are increasingly exploring how GenAI can streamline operations, enhance service delivery, and support policy innovation—while safeguarding human judgment, transparency, and accountability that define public governance.

The Questioning Leader: Rethinking How We Learn, Listen, and Lead

Submitted by on Tue, 10/28/2025 - 17:59

In Question to Learn, Joe Lalley invites leaders to rediscover an often-overlooked skill—asking questions not to prove what they know, but to explore what they don’t. In my recent conversation on The Business of Government Hour, Lalley lays out how leaders can reclaim curiosity as a catalyst for learning, empathy, and innovation.

Reforming Readiness: A Defense Modernization Series

Submitted by on Mon, 10/27/2025 - 17:21

A series of posts from the former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, Al Shaffer, looks at pathways to drive innovation and modernization for national defense.

Question to Learn: A Conversation with Joe Lalley

Submitted by on Mon, 10/27/2025 - 12:21
How does the "Question to Learn" challenge a fundamental assumption many hold—that they're already asking good questions? How can curiosity transform your career, team, and organization? What role do questions—specifically questions to learn—play in driving innovation within bureaucratic systems? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Joe Lalley, author Question to Learn.
Broadcast Date: 
Monday, October 27, 2025 - 10:11
Author: 
Joe Lalley
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Joe Lalley - Question to Learn: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Career, Team, and Organization

Submitted by on Mon, 10/27/2025 - 12:10
Joe Lalley is a writer, speaker, and workshop facilitator who has spent much of his career leading innovation workshops for companies of all industries, shapes, and sizes. Joe has published multiple articles ranging from how to use curiosity to navigate remote work in the pandemic to how to fix the endless cycles of bad, inefficient meetings.

AI and Public Administration: Exploring Perspectives on AI and its Impact on Public Service Delivery

Submitted by on Mon, 10/20/2025 - 14:45
How can public administrators embrace the promise of AI and emerging tech as enablers without being dominated by them? Join host Michael J. Keegan as he explores this question and more with practitioners and academics on a Special Edition of The Business of Government Hour.
Broadcast Date: 
Monday, October 20, 2025 - 10:30
Author: 
de Leon Dinglas and Shark
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Leading Through Disruption: Scott D. Anthony on the Mindset, Mechanics, and Meaning of Transformative Innovation

Submitted by on Thu, 10/16/2025 - 12:03

Disruption isn’t chaos—it’s change made accessible. As Professor Scott D. Anthony of Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business and author of Epic Disruptions: 11 Innovations That Shaped Our Modern World (Harvard Business Review Press, September 2025) told me during our recent Business of Government Hour conversation:

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