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Preparing governments for future shocks

The Center has dedicated time and resources to explore how best government agencies can prepare, address, and overcome the disruptive inevitabilities of “future shocks”—those increasingly common and severe events that have effects within and across nations.

Partnering with the National Academy of Public Administration and the IBM Institute for Business Value, as well as other U.S. and global partners, the Center launched a “Future Shocks” initiative in 2022 to help government leaders further identify core capabilities critical to building resilience, building on lessons learned from pandemic response efforts. Through this initiative, we are convening a series of international roundtable discussions with global leaders from across the public, private, academic, and non-profit sectors to capture lessons across six key domain areas: Emergency Preparedness and Response, Cybersecurity, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Workforce Skills, and International Cooperation.

Learn more and read reports and blogs about future shocks.

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Conversations with Leaders

Using Technology to Address Pressing Local Challenges: Conversations with Local Government Leaders at CivStart’s State of Govtech 2025
Transforming Local Governments Using Emerging Technology: A Conversation with Denise Linn Riedl, Chief Innovation Officer, City of South Bend, Indiana with Chip Kennedy & Tom Spengler
Exploring the Evolving Ecosystems of CivTech and GovTech: Conversations from the State of Govtech 2025

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