by Evan Piekara | Dec 16, 2020 | Public Sector Blogs
A recent hack of renown cyber security firm FireEye may be linked to a “supply chain attack” across multiple government agencies. This “highly sophisticated attack” may have occurred through software updates through a network management system operated by SolarWinds....
by Evan Piekara | Dec 10, 2020 | Public Sector Blogs
McKinsey research found that within the first eight weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, consumer and business digital adoption accelerated by five years. Out of crisis comes opportunity and COVID-19 has certainly ushered in digital transformation across the public sector....
by Evan Piekara | Dec 3, 2020 | Public Sector Blogs
When will we return to “normal?” What will “normal” become? One aspect that COVID-19 has certainly ushered in is change. Whether its Operation Warp Speed to support a faster vaccine, businesses, nonprofits, and government reinventing their products and services, and...
by Evan Piekara | Nov 19, 2020 | Public Sector Blogs
Systemic problems require systemic solutions. A key concept behind this is collective impact – change generated through cross-sector collaboration. This idea stems from the notion that many challenges are so pervasive that they require organizations and agents from...
by Evan Piekara | Nov 11, 2020 | Public Sector Blogs
A former teammate and consultant recently shared this article with me on The Confidence Network Effect. This article reminded me of the famous Henry Ford quote, “whether you think you can or can’t, your right.” The reformed consultant shared this article with me in...
by Evan Piekara | Nov 2, 2020 | Public Sector Blogs
Last week, I shared some key takeaways from Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High Impact Nonprofits. These insights were based on research that started with defining what a “high impact nonprofit” is. The research methodology limited the study to United-States...