Digital Diplomacy is a series of interviews compiled by a public affairs officer at the Italian Embassy. I will never … More
Category: Statecraft
The Chessboard and the Web: Strategies of Connection in a Networked World
Anne-Marie Slaughter was the former Director of Policy Planning Staff at the Office of Secretary at the State Department. She … More
Collaboration Between Start-Ups and Federal Agencies
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) is led by its president and founder, Robert D. Atkinson, Washingtonian Magazine has called a … More
The 100 Year Old Booz Allen Hamilton’s Innovation Strategy
A few years ago, I was lucky to have attended a session at the State Department Day of Networking, where … More
America’s Top Smooth Talkers: The Public Diplomacy Officers
Public diplomacy is where I began at the State Department. My first boss was the Public Diplomacy Officer for Japan … More
Leading Today with Hyper-Disruptors
The government hearings with tech leaders led me to thinking about how to lead out of confusion, complexities, and challenges … More
9 Ways USG can Engage with U.S. Startups
*This summary with my own additions is drawn from my own experiences as well as those of my colleagues’ during … More
The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Myths
link here. Now this is one of my favorite books. It was not an easy read. It is a little … More
A Platform for Collective Wisdom
Impact is measured in its outputs of measurement, which I believe is reported back on platforms like Philanthropedia, GiveWell and … More
Our Most Emergent Global Crises
Investing in sound value-driven opportunities that can significantly reduce global threats are “good” investments, not only in a humanitarian sense … More
