
In this episode, OPM Director Scott Cooper outlines a bold agenda to modernize federal hiring and build a high‑performance workforce. He highlights three core challenges: a demographic imbalance that leaves the federal workforce under‑represented among early‑career talent, outdated performance management that fails to differentiate merit, and inefficiencies stemming from an over‑reliance on long‑term contractors. Cooper proposes solutions such as shifting to skills‑based hiring, revamping performance reviews to reward true merit, and integrating contractor and full‑time staffing data to optimize cost and service quality, positioning OPM as a collaborative partner rather than a regulator.

In this episode, Michael Keegan talks with Andrea Bonime‑Blanc, author of *Governing Pandora*, about the unprecedented convergence of generative AI and other exponential technologies and what it means for leadership and governance. Bonime‑Blanc explains her "exponential governance mindset," a five‑part...

In this episode, host Michael J. Keegan talks with Professor Bert George about the fundamentals of strategic foresight and how it can be woven into an organization’s strategic planning and management processes. George explains the core concepts of foresight, the...