GovCon DIFFERENT

Get the best talent access to the best tools and watch the innovation fire spread. Armed with courage, empathy, new ideas, and new collaborations, Google’s Josh Marcuse shares his personal journey an…

AI is a hot topic and the world is a buzz with visions of Skynet. But what is the real AI play? Dr. Missy Cummings, one of the nation's leading voices on AI and autonomy, separates fact from fiction …

Augmented reality and virtual reality are definitely cool, but do these technologies advance the mission? Indeed they do... Cathy Hackl breaks it down with fascinating applications in congress, the n…

Work or play? The answer is both! Infusing play into work can boost creativity, trust, and better communication. But how? Medical clown (think Patch Adams) and business change agent, Matthew Wilson u…

Motivation is a trap and often misguided.  Kerry Goyette reveals the key secrets to developing a mission driven performance culture.

Modern best practices like Agile alone aren't enough to successfully modernize... Rather it's learning to navigate the “wetware” between the ears of ourselves and our co-workers. Entrepreneur Magazin…

Rules guarantee mediocrity according to international best selling author with over 25 million views, Dr. Barry Schwartz. Now he's reimagining Aristotle's Practical Wisdom to revitalize government ag…

Called a "Cyber Pearl Harbor," the SolarWinds Hack exposes the stark truth of America's cyber security– we're exposed and compromised. But perhaps it's not all doom and gloom. Leading cyber security …

A veritable cast of superheroes–Eric Schmidt, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Mary Cummings–was assembled to tackle DoDs toughest problems like cyber and 5G. Schuyler Moore, Director of Science & Technology for…

We press, we grind, we measure performance. But are we measuring the most important metric? Mental illness costs employers $225B yearly. Former IBM VP and Executive in Residence at Total Brain, Nicol…

How can companies combat attrition in an evolving labor force with new values? Entrepreneur Jimmy Chebat's answer - Gamification.

Millions—YouTube, Vogue, BBC, Forbes—have been captivated by Dr. Merritt Moore’s dancing with a robot. Merritt dares to be DIFFERENT, infusing guts, grit, brilliance and creativity into break through…

IT modernization remains elusive for many Agencies. And the real barriers—culture, collaboration, change fatigue—remain hidden. Dr. David Bray breaks down how he led a team of “positive change agents…

Stories sell, change minds. Stories work yet so few know how to tell good ones in the federal space. 16 time Emmy award winning producer/director, Nick Nanton, reveals Hollywood's script to gut punch…

Learn to manage the knife's edge between objective and subjective business risk with nine life or death lessons learned climbing big mountains from professional climber and journalist Matthew Childs.

Defying a rare muscle wasting disease, Cara Yar Khan survives the Grand Canyon on horseback and white water rafts. Lessons on fear and courage while facing the void.

Democratization of entrepreneurship. Is it possible? Moonshot Jr's Alok Jain and Sunil Ranka share their approach to change the way we think, learn, and inspire change... Starting with 7 year olds.

The world has envied America's R&D model but the world is catching up. Who are the patriot scientists and researches behind the scenes and what new models do they need? Former DASD for research, Dr. …

Former Special Forces Operator Tambrein Bates dissects the warrior’s mindset, disclosing 5 SOF leadership truths he used to launch SOFWERX - the rapid innovation platform for Special Operations Comma…

Think TED Talks meets the federal space. Real insights, real discoveries that breathe life and inspiration into the GovCon market. Ideas from the outside applied to GovCon to drive change. Methods an…