Guest Bloggers: Bradley K. Kistler, Associate Partner and Maggie Pool, Managing Consultant - US Federal Talent Transformation, IBM
All of these points hold true today; however, shared services providers are now faced with new customer needs focused on employee experience, creating stress on existing technology and operating models.
The dedicated government officials we were observing had started their days at the crack of dawn preparing for the work ahead, and then were in back-to-back meetings for hours on end. By late afternoon, we noticed that many could barely keep their eyes open (and at least a few failed in that effort, at least for a few seconds at a time).
New threats and domains for warfare include cyber and space, along with disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum. Dealing with these issues necessitates an enhanced partnership across governments and within industry. Achieving mission readiness is growing more complex and requires dynamic defense technology solutions.
New threats and domains for warfare continually emerge. These include cyber and space
along with disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum. Dealing with
these threats necessitates an enhanced partnership across governments and within industry.
Chris Nott is chief technology officer for Defence and Security at IBM. His expertise in
digital transformation using hybrid cloud and AI and broad understanding of emerging
technologies is sought by defence departments around the world. He influences
strategic thinking by conveying complex technical concepts to senior officers and
executives in an understandable way.
Michael Cohen is senior lecturer at the National Security College, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University. He is the author of When Proliferation Causes Peace: The Psychology of Nuclear Crises (Georgetown UP: 2017), which was reviewed by the late Robert Jervis as a “significant contribution to our knowledge,” and co-editor of North Korea and Nuclear Weapons: Entering the New Era of Deterrence (Georgetown UP: 2017). His expertise on the North Korean nuclear threat has been sought by and presented to the U.S.
