AI and Change Management: A New Dynamic for Leadership Because artificial intelligence is always learning, its introduction in government means agencies must continually adapt as well, as must leaders who want to evolve their management styles.

AI and Change Management: A New Dynamic for Leadership
Because artificial intelligence is always learning, its introduction in government means agencies must continually adapt as well, as must leaders who want to evolve their management styles.
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When it comes to AI, here are the five questions every public manager must ask and know: www.governing.com/management-a...

October Is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but Awareness Is No Longer Enough

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Is it still relevant? See my article and let me know what you think.

AI auditing AI: Towards digital accountability COMMENTARY | Humans cannot realistically keep up with the scale and complexity of the tech, so need allies. In many cases, the best ally might be another AI, with human judgement the final arbiter.

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How Agentic AI Will Transform Local Government: A Forewarning Cities and counties have a big opportunity to capitalize on artificial intelligence, if they do so carefully.

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AI as the power beast — can we tame it?
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Will AI take my job? Navigating AI’s impact on public sector jobs COMMENTARY | Some functions may need fewer employees, but others needing more advanced skills may emerge as the technology reshapes, rather than eliminates, many roles.

The looming question persists: Will AI replace human jobs? Amidst budget constraints, there's a belief that AI could mitigate the current wave of terminations. What do you think about this evolving scenario?
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Cyber Insecurity - Shields Down
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How can AI help improve performance improvement in government? Pleased to speaking at ASPA 2025!
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Innovation meets ideology: The political challenges facing today’s CIOs COMMENTARY | Recent moves at the federal level could seep into state and local governments, and risk politicizing traditionally apolitical efforts to improve technology offerings.

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The Story of the Red Hen, Building a Culture of Innovation -
A conversation with Scott Conn CGCIO, CIO of the City of Mesa blubrry.com/1469918/1425...

We used to worry about Shadow IT - now we worry about Shadow AI! See: statetechmagazine.com/article/2025...

What the Rising Cost of AI Means for Government Strategies for how state and local agencies can defray the cost of artificial intelligence.

What the Rising Cost of AI Means for Government
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2024 is a wrap! Check out my City County 2025 Tech Outlook as we end our fourth season of Sharkbytes.Net. Listen: Season 4: Episode 33: The City & County 2025 Tech Outlook -and no surprise how many of my twelve areas to watch are AI-related!