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You Are Not a Mayor, the CEO, or the President. You Are a Chief Risk Officer.

You Are Not a Mayor, the CEO, or the President. You Are a Chief Risk Officer.

If you step into a public executive role, you need to shatter the illusion of the philosopher visionary. Your real job revolves entirely around risk management.

Josh Penner
Pre-Mortems vs. Post-Mortems: The Anticipatory Executive Strategy Muscle

Pre-Mortems vs. Post-Mortems: The Anticipatory Executive Strategy Muscle

Survivor Bias is Killing Your Organization and Weakening Your Team (Here's How you Fix It)

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The Executive Information Bubble Trap

The Executive Information Bubble Trap

This is the Executive Information Bubble. And it is the fastest way to lose control of your organization.

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The Six Questions you Should as Every GovTECH ( & AI) Vendor..

The Six Questions you Should as Every GovTECH ( & AI) Vendor..

The debate is almost never about the feature. Here is the math you are already running, and how to make it explicit before you sign anything.

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4 Years Ago this Scam Took Months, and Cost My City $500k. Now It Takes a $20 AI Subscription.  Here's how you protect your city.

4 Years Ago this Scam Took Months, and Cost My City $500k. Now It Takes a $20 AI Subscription. Here's how you protect your city.

We paid five hundred thousand dollars for the lesson. The next version costs the criminal almost nothing.

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I Ran My City by Asking One Question. Ask It About Artificial Intelligence Before You Become a Headline

I Ran My City by Asking One Question. Ask It About Artificial Intelligence Before You Become a Headline

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The Post Vote Scavenger Hunt

The Post Vote Scavenger Hunt

Tracking the local impact of state laws shouldn't require you to be a private investigator..

Josh Penner
You Are Not a Mayor, the CEO, or the President. You Are a Chief Risk Officer.

You Are Not a Mayor, the CEO, or the President. You Are a Chief Risk Officer.

If you step into a public executive role, you need to shatter the illusion of the philosopher visionary. Your real job revolves entirely around risk management.

Josh Penner
Pre-Mortems vs. Post-Mortems: The Anticipatory Executive Strategy Muscle

Pre-Mortems vs. Post-Mortems: The Anticipatory Executive Strategy Muscle

Survivor Bias is Killing Your Organization and Weakening Your Team (Here's How you Fix It)

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