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…

Back in 2003, I had the opportunity to give a talk looking at trends that would shape year 2030. The talk was a follow-on to my work as a member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program. …

It may seem like our days are a flood of communication — emails, text messages, social media posts, cell phone calls, voice messages, websites, internet discussion threads, podcasts, television, radio, podcasts, streaming news, and more. Even this post itself is an attempt at communication. Yet how often do we think…

Back in 2019, friend and collaborator R “Ray” Wang and I co-authored an article for MIT Sloan Management Review entitled “Three People-Centered Design Principles for Deep Learning” based on what both of us were seeing in terms of the work with both companies and governments using AI at the time…

Given the perceptions of change, increasing turbulence, and general disruptions (both in terms of tech and geopolitically) around us — this is an update to an earlier February 2017 MIT Sloan Management review article that I wrote considering “Three Meaningful Strategies for Managing Rapid Change” which seemed to have held-up…

Back in May, I had the honor of providing the opening keynote for an interdisciplinary event organized by Prof. JP Singh, Distinguished University Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, and Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow with the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin. If you…

I recently had a great conversation with colleague Graham Morehead, who I know from my People-Centered Internet coalition days, and Max Turnquist. The above is a link to a fun AI-and-society discourse where I argue all the “AI hype” is partly because certain organizations — who are gaining power…

This post is part of a National Academy of Public Administration’s Standing Panel on Technology Leadership recent call to action on responsibly using AI to benefit public service at all levels. What follows is an original piece I wrote for NAPA — with particular emphasis added on the parts that…