Dear Colleagues, I wanted to share a quick update regarding a special CxOTalk live discussion organized by Michael Krigsman. Live on Tuesday, 12 April 2022 — he will host both Konstantin Vasyuk — Executive Director of the IT Ukraine Association, the largest association of the tech industry in Ukraine —…

Greetings all — short post to share an invitation to a public livestream on Wednesday, 02 February from 1100–1200 Eastern (0800–0900 Pacific) featuring Dame Wendy Hall, Dr. Vint Cerf, Teresa Carlson, Dr. Tricia Wang, Derry Goberdhansingh, Stephanie Wander, and myself on the topic of “Four Internets” with regards to navigating…

I have previously written about the need for Adapting, Building, and Cultivating a Defense-Focused Workforce for the Challenges of 2025 and Beyond — and outlined how this could be done holistically; specifically (1) have DoD operate with some discretionary part of its budget, say 5%, on spotlight efforts that did…

They say time flies when you’re having fun* — and while I don’t know if any rational individual would consider the last few years of global turbulence, COVID-19, and increasing polarization in open societies to be “fun”, time definitely seems to have flown by fast. (* = speaking of time…

Part one of this discussion highlighted a big challenge for open societies around the world, namely: Technologies have been developed to make it easier to flood the public space with spammed content — call it astroturfing or bot-net generated content or whatever words you want — and this means the…

Over the last several years I’ve written different posts on the power of positive #ChangeAgents and how all of us can be one if we’re willing to “illuminate the way” and manage the friction of stepping outside the status quo. …

Greetings all — I wanted to share details about an event scheduled for Wednesday, 27 July from 0900–1500 ET at the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, VA that’s intended for transitioning servicemen and servicewomen as well as other mission-centric professionals who can apply their skill sets at discerning the “wheat…

Dear Colleagues — it has been more than two years since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. While one can hope we are through the initial rough spots, the endemic phase of the virus is going to persist potentially for an exceptionally long time into the future. …

Colleagues — amid our turbulent world — it is worth recognizing the families of those who gave their all so that we could be free. This includes the children of Defense Intelligence Officers killed in the line of duty. To such end, I would like to call your attention to…