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Just recently, federal agencies met some of the key requirements set forth in the Biden administration's AI executive order that were to be completed within the first 180 days, signaling strong momentum for the federal government establishing a strong foundation of AI development and responsible use. Nick Sinai, former U.S. deputy CTO during the Obama administration and now a senior adviser for the venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners, which focuses on investing in software firms, joins the Daily Scoop to discuss the momentum of the AI EO, a trip he took last year to U.S. Central Command in the Middle East and what he learned there, what federal officials should be thinking about with the election coming up, and much more.

This is episode 652. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today's show featured an interview with Nick Sinai, He's a venture capitalist, adjunct faculty at the Harvard Kennedy School, author, former senior official in the Obama administration. He's the coauthor of Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter Your Role On Any Team. NICK'S ADVICE:  "Help your customer be a hero, because it will help you and your company in the long run."

Marina Nitze is an author and a crisis engineer. She co-authored Hack Your Bureaucracy with Nick Sinai, it contains over 50 tactics, each with real-world examples, for making lasting change in bureaucracies from PTAs all the way up to the White House and Fortune 500 companies.Marina is currently focused on improving America's child welfare system, helping organisations solve mission-critical IT challenges. Before this she was the Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and helped establish the United States Digital Service. She also served as a Senior Advisor on technology in the White House under the Obama Administration.We talked about: What it means to have a high-functioning bureaucracy What hacking your (low-functioning) bureaucracy means Where to start to get results The mistakes that keen people make Why Marina is obsessed with stabbing people in the chestAnd much, much more.Find out more about Marina here:https://www.marinanitze.com/And buy her brilliant book here:Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on any Team https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hack-Your-Bureaucracy-Things-Matter/dp/0306827751

In today's episode, our guest Nick Sinai discusses strategies and best practices for navigating the bureaucratic complexities inherent in emerging technology adoption, as well as making an impact when working with or within large bureaucracies. __________________________________________________________ This episode is sponsored by Raytheon. https://www.rtx.com/raytheon __________________________________________________________

Nick Sinai is a Senior Advisor at Insight Partners, Adjunct & Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, and author of Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on Any Team.

Season 2, Episode 28. Today on All Quiet, Tyler chats with the accomplished Nick Sinai, author of "Hack Your Bureaucracy," senior advisor at Insight Partners, and adjunct faculty at Harvard University. Tyler and Nick get right to it and delve into defense innovation. Together, they discuss the transformative influence of venture capital and the melding of policy and action within the Department of Defense. Drawing from Nick's extensive experience, the discussion sheds light on many of today's defense challenges and the avenues for innovative solutions.What's Happening on the Second Front:The importance of efficient growth in venture-backed defense companiesThe challenge of tech interoperability in defense operationsPrioritizing APIs in early R&DBottom-up innovation and the potential of new training programsThe effectiveness of concentrated, cross-functional teams in acquisition and innovationGet your copy of Hack Your BureaucracyConnect with Nick:LinkedIn: Nick SinaiConnect with Tyler:LinkedIn: Tyler Sweatt Website: secondfront.comCatch 2F's Offset Symposium replay here. This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Make it stick:  your message and your presence. How do you do that these days?  I'm not even talking about LinkedIn or other social media. How about when you are actually face to face with another person? With all the competing requirements for their attention-some known and many unknown to you-how do you build a relationship with someone that sticks? I found some answers to these questions in the third and final conversation from my mini-series discussion  with Nick Sinai and Marina Nitze, authors of the book Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on Any Team, a book that I found so poignant and captivating. Marina, former Chief Technology Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Nick, a key player in the Obama administration, share their insights into building authentic relationships within large organizations, including the government. They emphasize the importance of understanding people's motivations, fears, and career aspirations (something I call, MFC) to help them achieve their goals.  Throughout my own career in sales, leadership and coaching the golden rule is to understand the MFC and express a sincere appreciation to each person who chooses to share. Across multiple relationships, this begins to form a web of people who become connected and willing to reach a new goal. Whether inside or outside the company or agency, they become willing to work through disagreements to achieve results and many times to create what often becomes a great new service, product or company. One of my takeaways from the book is that the awareness of MFC and then putting it into action are the foundation for Making It Stick whether practiced individually or by a team.  We highlight Marina's incredibly innovative "Grilled Cheese Club” (yes, you can form one too!) approach where individuals from different parts of an organization come together to foster collaboration and understanding, overcoming bureaucratic obstacles in a low-key and informal way. Best to do this in person if possible and don't forget the cheese!  The discussion turns to the provocative concept of "stabbing people in the chest,” which in practice is nothing like what it sounds like. It means being open and honest with detractors about disagreements to build trust and transparency so that when it does come time to gain agreement on an initiative or program, you can make it stick. In practice, this means navigating bureaucratic challenges and fostering relationships, even with those with whom we disagree. Think about the last part of that sentence: ‘even with those with whom we disagree'. As I work with coaching clients, customers and partners, I have learned something really inspiring:  the art of disagreeing and then reaching compromise is something many people crave to learn more about and practice in their life and work.  In addition, our discussion touches upon the value of playing the long game and exploring career opportunities that go beyond just traditional paths, where Nick and Marina stress the importance of earning trust and demonstrating excellence before taking such leaps. In my own career as well as those of clients, this is the number one rule and we pair it up to the practice of, ‘give to get'.  I hope that you will join the conversation as we wrap up this mini-series and as Marina Nitze and Nick Sinai provide valuable lessons on navigating bureaucracy and driving change, all while leaving a meaningful impact on organizations and society. Links & Resources: Schedule Listening Time with https://www.garydanoff.com/contact Gary Danoff LinkedIn Hack Your Bureaucracy - Website What's Next Now - “Hack Your Bureaucracy Show #1: Defining and Learning About Your Bureaucracy” What's Next Now - “Pitching and momentum: learn it, do it, love it!” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gary437/message

Following up on this three-part mini-series with Nick Sinai and Marina Nitze, I bring you part 2 from their book Hack Your Bureaucracy.  I have to say, this book has truly struck a chord with me. The stories are compelling and based on wisdom gained from hacking bureaucracies in both the private and public sectors. What really sets it apart is its practical approach; at the end of each chapter, there are actionable takeaways that bridge the gap between theory and real-world implementation.  It's like a workbook that tells you exactly how to apply what you've learned! The content applies to getting things done no matter what your role on any team (starting, growing, scaling).  In this episode, we are delving into some really incredible stories from the book focused on pitching and momentum-crafting your message and gaining support.  One that especially caught my attention was Marina's journey with a paperclip and bar code readers (yes, true) at the Department of Veterans Affairs, a testament to how small innovations can spark significant change within a complex system.  Nick discusses the tremendous staying power of the one-pager. We also discuss adapting to shifts in leadership and aligning pitches with evolving visions from new leaders to maintain momentum. It's about finding common ground and speaking the language that resonates with decision-makers. The next part of the discussion coming to you in September will focus on the critical aspect of building and sustaining change to achieve tangible results. We are going to pull it all together in this final show of the series.  Please subscribe to get advance notification of the release along with other curated content from me.  You can reach me here if you want to discuss a topic. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gary437/message

Do you ever feel like you're constantly being hit with obstacles getting in the way of your goals? No matter what you do to achieve your goal, sometimes you run into a wall - that wall being a bureaucracy. Sound familiar? If so, you're going to want to listen to this episode. So many of us are often contending with bureaucracies, and today's guests  discuss how to reach your goals regardless of the role you hold today! I had the amazing opportunity to talk with Nick Sinai and Marina Nitze. Both have held roles in The White House, other high level roles in government and today in private industry as well as education and non-profit and private equity. As  authors of Hack Your Bureaucracy, Nick and Marina have plenty to share about hacking your bureaucracy and how to create outsized impact with limited resources! I am recording a three-show series over the summer.  The show today is about how to get started-which is with defining and learning about your bureaucracy-and covers topics like: Figure out the Real Org Chart Be Your Own Customer Try the Normal Way First Play the Newbie Card Beware the Obvious Answer These concepts will light you up with ideas and inspiration you can apply to your own bureaucracy hacking-whether you are a founder, working inside a company, launching a new leadership role for yourself or other major career transition.  The concepts and frameworks discussed on the show in and the book apply equally to an entrepreneur, services delivery business and leaders in large organizations.We are all hacking through bureaucracies these days in new ways. We work with  financial providers, supply chain partners, contract workers and sales partners in hybrid and in-person environments. There are so many more bureaucracies to work with versus against these days and Nick and Marina provide invaluable insights and practices for doing so! Listen to Hack Your Bureaucracy:  Defining and Learning About Your Bureaucracy --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gary437/message

Marina Nitze is co-author of the book Hack Your Bureaucracy and works at Layer Aleph, a crisis response firm that specializes in restoring complex software systems to service. Marina was the Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs under President Obama after serving as a Senior Advisor on technology in the Obama White House and as the first Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the U.S. Department of Education. Marina is also a fellow at New America's New Practice Lab, where she works on improving America's foster care system. Today, we discuss five and a half things every designer should know about hacking bureaucracy. Listen to learn about: How bureaucracies work Journey mapping Stakeholder mapping Interpersonal relationships and bureaucracies Bureaucracy hacking Our Guest Marina Nitze, co-author of the new book Hack Your Bureaucracy, is currently a partner at Layer Aleph, a crisis response firm that specializes in restoring complex software systems to service. Marina is also a fellow at New America's New Practice Lab, where she works on improving America's foster care system through the Resource Family Working Group and Child Welfare Playbook. Marina was most recently the Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs under President Obama, after serving as a Senior Advisor on technology in the Obama White House and as the first Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the U.S. Department of Education. She serves on the advisory boards of Foster America, Smartsheet, and Think of Us; created TaskTackler, the personal productivity app for Type-A personalities; and previously authored the book Business Efficiency for Dummies. She lives in Seattle, WA.  Show Highlights  [01:49] Marina gives a brief outline of her five and a half things about bureaucracy. [02:35] Bureaucracy is everywhere. [03:47] Starting to work within bureaucracies. [04:18] The Five Whys concept. [04:45] Marina uses the Paperwork Reduction Act as an example. [06:27] The importance of understanding root causes. [06:51] Know the source. [07:38] Journey and process mapping can help us hack bureaucracy. [08:38] Using journey maps with bureaucracies. [09:07] One of Marina's favorite journey mapping tactics. [09:50] How Marina shortened a state's foster application process by a month. [12:37] What happens when you see for yourself the journey your users make. [13:36] Considering the needs of employees when making bureaucratic changes. [14:20] Employees are also stakeholders. [16:32] The design challenges that stem from how employees identify themselves and the work they do. [18:32] Bureaucracies are made up of people. [19:23] Finding your allies in your organization. [21:22] Marina talks about an example from her time working for the VA. [23:28] Creating a stakeholder map to understand organizational relationships. [25:50] Finding the historian of your organization. [26:42] How bureaucracies make decisions, and using that to your advantage. [29:45] Making sure people have the knowledge they need to make informed decisions. [31:45] “Stabbing people in the chest” is a tactic from Hack Your Bureaucracy. [32:44] The importance of relationships when working inside bureaucracies. [34:34] Beware the obvious answer. [37:24] Hack Your Bureaucracy is meant to give people hope when it comes to working within bureaucracies. [39:13] Tackling big, complex problems, and having a North Star.   Links Marina on Twitter Marina on LinkedIn Marina's website Marina on New America Marina at the Federation of American Scientists The Impact Summit 2020 – Closing Keynote from Marina Unlocking Bureaucracy Through Smart Hacks With Marina Nitze Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on Any Team, by Marina Nitze and Nick Sinai   Other Design Thinking 101 Episodes You Might Like Teaching Yourself Design Thinking + Innovating in Government with Amy J. Wilson — DT101 E19 Designer's Role in Healthcare & Public Health + Studio Thinking with Jess Roberts — DT101 E21 Trauma-informed Design + Social Work + Design Teams with Rachael Dietkus — DT101 E81

Welcome to this week's episode of the podcast! We have a special guest – Ray Fleming, a podcast pioneer, educationalist, and improv master. Join Dan, Lee, Beth, and Ray as we discuss the events of 2022 and look forward to the future and the holidays. We have some interesting resources to share with you: ChatGPT: Optimizing Language Models for Dialogue (openai.com) DALL·E 2 (openai.com) Looking for some holiday reading recommendations? Check out these books: Broken: Social Systems and the Failing Them by Paul LeBlanc (https://www.amazon.com.au/Broken-Social-Systems-Failing-Them/dp/1637741766) Hack Your Bureaucracy: 10 Things That Matter Most by Marina Nitze and Nick Sinai (https://www.amazon.com.au/Hack-Your-Bureaucracy-Things-Matter/dp/0306827751) And don't forget to check out the article about how Takeru Kobayashi "redefined the problem" at the world hotdog eating championship: https://www.businessinsider.com/how-takeru-kobayashi-changed-competitive-eating-2016-7 We hope you enjoy the episode! This podcast is produced by Microsoft Australia & New Zealand employees, Lee Hickin, Dan Bowen, and Beth Worrall. The views and opinions expressed on this podcast are our own.

Nick Sinai, co-author of the book “Hack Your Bureaucracy”, former deputy Chief Technology Officer of the United States, and venture capitalist joins the show to talk about his recent book and explain the real-world experiences working in both the federal sector and the private sector that informed the 56 tactics shared in the book. We also discuss his role in driving open data usage during his time in government and what sparked is passion for innovation at all levels.

Kelly talks to former Obama White House staffers Marina Nitze and Nick Sinai about their new book:  “Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on Any Team.” “Constraints can unleash creativity.”  “You should always question ‘water cooler rules.'”  “If you are trying to make a change in a large organization, you're selling, whether you […]

November 28, 2022 Hack Your Bureaucracy Marina Nitze & Nick Sinai and Agile Education Verlan Stephens

Marina Nitze, the Obama administration's Chief Technology Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Nick Sinai, the Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the United States, come onto Think Civic to talk about their new book, Hack Your Bureaucracy. Marina and Nick dive into a few of the important lessons from their book, their experiences in the Obama administration, and how individuals in civic tech, entry level professionals, and college students looking to venture into civic technology can use Marina and Nick's experiences to hack their bureaucracy and accomplish major projects.

This week Nick Sinai, Senior Advisor at Insight Partners, and Marina Nitze Partner at Layer Aleph, join Freddie to discuss how their experience inside the Obama White House ultimately inspired them to write their new book “Hacking Your Bureaucracy.” Tune in to see what lessons they learned from navigating and thriving inside one of some of the largest, and slowest moving, bureaucratic organizations

We all likely want to improve the organizations we work in. We might want to improve the employee experience, improve the customer experience, or be more efficient and effective. But we all likely have had the experience of feeling like our organizations are too difficult, too entrenched, and too complex to change. Any organization—large or small, public or private—can feel like a faceless bureaucracy that is resistant to change. So what can people do who want to affect change? How do you accomplish things that can seem impossible?To answer these questions, we talked with Marina Nitze and Nick Sinai about their recently published book, Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on Any Team. Marina and Nick have deep experience in one of the largest, most complex bureaucracies in the world: the U.S. government. As technology leaders in the Obama White House, Marina and Nick undertook large change programs. Their book contains their stories and their advice for anyone who wants to affect change.We find the hacks in their book quite valuable, and we wish this book had been available early in our career when we were both in much larger organizations. We love the fact that their hacks focus on the people and working within a system for change—not the move fast & break things mentality of Silicon Valley. Above all, we appreciate that it's clear that Marina and Nick thought deeply about what they would have wanted to know when they embarked on the significant technology change programs they undertook in the White House and Veterans Administration.Marina Nitze is currently a partner at Layer Aleph, a crisis response firm that specializes in restoring complex software systems to service. Marina was most recently Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs under President Obama, after serving as Senior Advisor on technology in the Obama White House and as the first Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the U.S. Department of Education.Nick Sinai is a Senior Advisor at Insight Partners, a VC and private equity firm, and is also Adjunct Faculty at Harvard Kennedy School and a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Nick served as U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer in the Obama White House, and prior, played a key role in crafting the National Broadband Plan at the FCC.If you enjoy our podcasts, please subscribe and leave a positive rating or comment. Sharing your positive feedback helps us reach more people and connect them with the world's great minds.Learn about our book Make Better Decisions and buy it on AmazonSubscribe to get Artificiality delivered to your emailLearn more about Sonder StudioThanks to Jonathan Coulton for our music This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit artificiality.substack.com

At CyberTalks, Section Chief of the Cyber Technical Analytics & Operations Sections in the FBI's Cyber Division Philip Frigm Jr. outlines his agency's mission in cybersecurity. Two leaders with experience in hacking bureaucracy are writing about their experience. Nick Sinai, senior advisor at Insight Partners and former deputy chief technology officer of the United States, and Marina Nitze, partner at Layer Aleph and former chief technology officer & senior advisor to the secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs, discuss their new book “Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on Any Team” and their experience improving organizations. The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every weekday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. And if you like what you hear, please let us know in the comments.

Getting things done in a bureaucracy can be hard, but Marina Nitze and Nick Sinai have found success. Now, they are working to ensure employees at every level and in every kind of bureaucracy can create change despite their environment. Nitze and Sinai's new book “Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on Any Team” helps employees from the front-line to the top make real change in their roles. In a conversation with host Jason Briefel, Nitze and Sinai explain the real-world experience working in both the federal sector and the private sector that informed the tips they share in the book. The group discusses unique elements of the federal bureaucracy that make change hard, and how employees can push through those obstacles. Not only does the group discuss tips for individual change, but also how employees can lead the charge on organizational change. Nitze is currently a partner at Layer Aleph, a crisis response firm that specializes in restoring complex software systems to service. Nitze is also a fellow at New America's New Practice Lab, where she works on improving America's foster care system through the Resource Family Working Group and Child Welfare Playbook. Nitze was most recently the Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs under President Obama, after serving as a Senior Advisor on technology in the Obama White House and as the first Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the U.S. Department of Education. Sinai is a venture capitalist, adjunct Harvard faculty, and a former senior White House official in the Obama Administration. As a Senior Advisor at Insight Partners, Sinai serves on the board of Rebellion Defense, Hawkeye360, LeoLabs, and Shift5. He writes and teaches about technology in government and serves as a commissioner on the Atlantic Council's Commission on Remaking the US Defense Innovation System. Recently, Sinai co-founded the U.S. Digital Corps, a new two-year federal fellowship for early-career technologists, launched in the summer of 2021. The show airs live on Friday, October 21, 2022, at 11:05 am EST on Federal News Network. You can stream the show online anytime via the Federal News Network app and listen to the FEDtalk podcast on all major podcasting platforms. FEDtalk is sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield FEP Dental. Members get fully-covered, in-network preventive care, including up to three covered cleanings a year, plus no deductibles for in-network services, like fillings and root canals. Visit bcbsfepdental.com to learn more. FEDtalk is brought to you by Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C., a federal employment law firm. Bringing you the insider's perspective from leaders in the federal community since 1993.

How often do you feel stifled by all the red tape? Do you ever think you could get more done if your organization wasn't so bureaucratic? Nick Sinai tells Kevin that bureaucracy is just organizations with rules and procedures. It does not have a positive or negative connotation. However, when we take the time to understand them, we can continue to improve them. Further, you don't need to be an executive to get things done. When people take change on themselves, they build the momentum for change. Nick shares some bureaucratic hacks to get unstuck. Key Points Nick Sinai defines bureaucracy.  He gives us some hacks, like watercooler rules, one pager, the power of the pilot, and understanding the real org chart. Meet Nick Name: Nick Sinai  His Story: Nick Sinai is the co-author of Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on Any Team with Marina Nitze. He is a venture capitalist, adjunct Harvard faculty, and a former senior White House official in the Obama Administration. As a Senior Advisor at Insight Partners, Nick serves on the board of Rebellion Defense, Hawkeye360, LeoLabs, and Shift5. Worth Mentioning: 

Does it feel like you're jumping through hoops to get things done? From local government to the White House, Harvard to the world of venture capital, Marina Nitze and Nick Sinai have taken on some of the world's most challenging bureaucracies—and won. In this episode, they bring their years of experience to you, teaching you strategies anyone can use to improve your organization through their own stories and those of fellow bureaucracy hackers. Change doesn't happen just because the person in charge declares it should. Regardless of your industry, role, or team, learn how to get started, take initiative on your own, and transform your ideas into impact. You don't want to miss this episode and the incredible hope (and wisdom) Marina and Nick share! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal employees know the word “bureaucracy” is often seen as derogatory in the popular imagination. It's not about systems or rules, but rather a synonym for byzantine regulations that show no benefit to those experiencing them. But maybe bureaucracies, from private supply chain systems to the federal government, are necessary.  Marina Nitze is a fellow at New America's New Practice Lab. Previously, she served as the Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs under President Obama. Nick Sinai is a Senior Fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Previously, he served as U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer in the Obama White House. They are the authors of the book  joined the podcast to discuss their book Hack Your Bureaucracy,  misunderstandings about bureaucracies and how to get things done.    *** Follow GovExec on Twitter! https://twitter.com/govexec

Wish there was a playbook on how to work more efficiently in a federal agency or department? Look no further. Marina Nitze and Nick Sinai wrote the book on strategies you can use in your daily work to get things done. They've worked at the highest levels of the federal government and were both known for getting the job DONE. Marina joined me on the podcast to discuss why they wrote the book, what's in it, and how you can make it work for you. I am super jealous I didn't write this book first!  Find info on where to buy the book and any upcoming author events at this link: https://www.hackyourbureaucracy.com/

Check out our latest Business Executives for National Security (BENS) “Building the Base” podcast featuring Nick Sinai, Senior Advisor at Insight Partners, Adjunct & Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. Hear him engage with our own Jim “Hondo” Geurts and Lauren Bedula about his new book with co-author Marina Nitze, Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on Any Team, which comes out September 13, 2022. The book contains over 50 tactics, each with real-world examples, for making lasting change in bureaucracies from PTAs and HOAs all the way up to the White House and Fortune 500 companies.

In Episode 12 of Tattoos, Code, and Data Flows, Matt Rose interviews Nick Sinai, Senior Advisor / Venture Partner at Insight Partners. Nick Sinai is a Senior Advisor at Insight Partners and a Senior Fellow at the #HarvardKennedySchool. Previously, Nick was U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer at the #WhiteHouse. Nick led President Obama's Open Data Initiatives to liberate data to fuel innovation and economic growth, and worked to advance innovation in health, energy, education, and finance sectors. Nick also co-led President Obama's Open Government Initiative to ensure the Federal Government is more transparent, participatory, and collaborative. Prior to joining the Obama Administration, Nick was a venture capitalist at Lehman Brothers Venture Partners (now Tenaya Capital). He co-established the Boston office of Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, sourced investments, and served as a board representative and advisor to portfolio companies. Previously, at Polaris Partners since 2004, Nick helped invest in almost a dozen Internet, software, communications and clean technology companies, including an early stage investment in LogMeIn (NASDAQ: LOGM). Nick is a Berkeley, CA native, a private pilot, and the father of twin girls. Nick and Matt talk about: ↳ How the U.S. Defense Department needs to do a better job trying, buying, and scaling new emerging technologies and innovations ↳ The challenges of hiring professionals in Government ↳ DevOps vs DevSecOps and Shift Left within Government agencies and groups ↳ Being on the executive staff for the Obama Administration And so much more. Be sure to listen to this episode, and so many of our other great episodes by hitting the follow button. Make sure to like and subscribe to the episode. We hope you enjoy it!

On today's episode of The Daily Scoop Podcast, the CMMC program has been moved to the Pentagon's office of chief information officer. The Defense Department will connect more with small companies to help them fight the “Valley of Death.” Nick Sinai, senior advisor and venture partner at Insight Partners and former U.S. deputy chief technology officer, discusses the IT procurement relationship between industry and government. The next iteration of the FITARA Scorecard will likely look different in its next iteration. The Government Accountability Office says the scorecard is an effective tool for monitoring important IT issues. Carol Harris, director of information technology and cybersecurity at GAO, explains what might change in the next scorecard and how legacy IT might get a different look. The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every weekday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. And if you like what you hear, please let us know in the comments.

In this episode we take a deep dive with two experts in the field of IT and innovation – Tim Hoechst and Nick Sinai. We cover a lot of ground – from policy to perspectives on what it means to tackle cyber security, through Zero Trust.  We also welcome a new character to the show – Dr. Decoder.  If you've ever been in a meeting where the acronyms fly around a bit too much, you need a guy who can break down all the terms, Barney-style.  Our Dr. Decoder is that guy.  Listen in for his “interruptions” and some good scoop on how NOT trusting can be a good thing.Speakers:Nick Sinai - Senior Advisor/Venture Partner, Insight PartnersTim Hoechst - Chairman, NS2 Advisory BoardGreg Reeder (host) - VP of Marketing for NS2Brian Paget (host) - CSO of NS2

On today's episode of The Daily Scoop Podcast, General Dynamics has filed a bid to protest a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cloud contract award. Nick Sinai, Senior Advisor and Venture Partner, Insight Partners and former U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer, explains how the U.S. Digital Corps is working to increase diversity and inclusion in the federal IT workforce. Natalia Martin, Acting Director, National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, joins CyberScoop Editor-in-Chief Jeff Stone during CyberWeek to discuss priorities at NIST's Information Technology Laboratory. Matthew Travis, CEO, CMMC Accreditation Body, joins FedScoop reporter Jackson Barnett during CyberWeek to break down what the defense industrial base should know about Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). Peter Romness, Cybersecurity Programs Lead, U.S. Public Sector, Cisco Systems, shares insight on the recent cybersecurity push from the federal government and how agencies can leverage zero trust and dual-factor authentication. This interview was underwritten by Cisco Systems. The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every weekday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. And if you like what you hear, please let us know in the comments.

This podcast is part of a three-part series on the various parts of the Tech New Deal. This episode explores the necessity of digital service in the U.S. How do we establish programs that improve upon the tech pipeline, while at the same time, ensuring that we have enough workers to nourish and grow our burgeoning broadband networks and services?Further, how do we ensure that everyone has an opportunity to participate to make national service an over-arching bridge builder as we make our way out of this pandemic and the more prominent racial divides that we are currently experiencing?In this episode of Tech Tank, Nicol Turner Lee speaks with Amanda Renteria and Nick Sinai about a digital service corps. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our guest is Nick Sinai, Senior Advisor at Insight Partners, a global venture capital and private equity firm investing in high-growth software companies. Before joining Insight in 2014, Nick served in the White House, where he was U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer. At the White House, Nick led President Obama’s Open Data Initiatives and helped start and grow the Presidential Innovation Fellows program, which brings entrepreneurs, innovators, and technologists into government.  Nick is a senior fellow and former adjunct faculty at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he taught a technology and innovation in government field class. Nick is also an advisor to Coding It Forward, a nonprofit that places computer science, data science, and design students in federal agencies.

Our guest is Nick Sinai, Senior Advisor at Insight Partners, a global venture capital and private equity firm investing in high-growth software companies. Before joining Insight in 2014, Nick served in the White House, where he was U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer. At the White House, Nick led President Obama's Open Data Initiatives and helped start and grow the Presidential Innovation Fellows program, which brings entrepreneurs, innovators, and technologists into government.  Nick is a senior fellow and former adjunct faculty at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he taught a technology and innovation in government field class. Nick is also an advisor to Coding It Forward, a nonprofit that places computer science, data science, and design students in federal agencies.

Alongside distinguished speakers Nick Sinai and Dr. John Elder, host Christina Ho explores questions about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is used to help businesses and government agencies solve complex and challenging problems. Nick Sinai is a Senior Advisor at Insight Partners, a leading global venture capital and private equity firm . Nick joined Insight in 2014 from the White House, where he was U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer. Among many accomplishments, he led President Obama's Open Data Initiatives and helped start and grow the Presidential Innovation Fellows program, which brings entrepreneurs, innovators, and technologists into government. Nick is also a senior fellow and former adjunct faculty at the Harvard Kennedy School. Dr. John Elder founded Elder Research, a data science consulting firm with a 25-year history of leadership in machine learning and AI solutions. He invented some breakthrough techniques and co-authored 3 books on advanced analytics, 2 of which received book-of-the-year awards. John also served for 5 years on a panel appointed by President Bush to guide technology for National Security.

Stephanie Nguyen, Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab and Nick Sinai, Senior Advisor, Insight Partners and Adjunct Faculty, Harvard Kennedy School join UserTesting CEO, Andy MacMillan, and Chief Insights Officer, Janelle Estes.

Stephanie Nguyen, Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab and Nick Sinai, Senior Advisor, Insight Partners and Adjunct Faculty, Harvard Kennedy School join UserTesting CEO, Andy MacMillan, and Chief Insights Officer, Janelle Estes.

Host Dwayne Samuels chats with Nick Sinai, who is a Product Manager at Walmart eCommerce. Nick speaks about how he got into Product Management, what he loves about his role and how he overcomes issues he faces in the industry.

Joe Jordan, CEO of Actuparo, discusses the new replacement for FedBizOpps, and some initial problems with the transition. Tony Reardon, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, outlines how turnover at federal agencies impacts workforce morale. Nick Sinai, senior advisor at Insight Partners, discusses the aging federal tech workforce, and how the government can get younger talent inside agencies.

Smartsheet (a solution provider that helps organizations streamline information sharing both internally and externally) announced their Achieve as One Alliance and I'm honored to be a founding member of that alliance along with others like Keith Grossman, President of TIME, and Nick Sinai, former US Deputy CTO and Adjunct Faculty Member at the Harvard Kennedy School. The alliance's charter is “to explore how organizations can bridge the gap between people and technology to drive greater organizational effectiveness and achievement.” In keeping with that objective, Smartsheet recently asked Engine Research to look at the relationship between communication flow, organizational effectiveness, and customer impact. Here are a few findings from that study...

Erroll Southers, Director of Homegrown Violent Extremism Studies at the University of Southern California, discusses the growing focus on domestic terrorism, and how DHS can combat extremism in America. Nick Sinai, venture partner at Insight Partners, discusses what the Army’s data strategy might look like, and how agencies are looking to improve customer experience. 2019 Service to America Medal winner Robert Cabana, former astronaut and director of the John F. Kennedy Space Center, discusses how he helped to revitalize the spaceport for use by commercial industry, and pave the path back to the moon.

Frederico Bartels, policy analyst for defense budgeting at The Heritage Foundation, makes the case for another round of base realignment, and how it can help long-term savings at DoD. Nick Sinai, venture partner at Insight Venture Partners, discusses the growing prevalence of AI at the White House, and how federal agencies will incorporate machine learning into their missions. Sammies 2019 finalist Kristen Finne, Senior Program Analyst and Manager at the HHS emPOWER Program, discusses ensuring safety for people on medical devices during power outages, and how data can help those in the path of disaster.

Tony Scott, former Federal CIO and managing partner at Ridge-Lane, discusses proposed rules around federal data centers, and why some in Congress don’t like the new direction. Nick Sinai, venture partner at Insight Venture Partners, discusses what may be in the final Federal Data Strategy, and the importance of reskilling and upskilling initiatives. Gregory Giddens, partner at Potomac Ridge Consulting and former executive director of the Secure Border Initiative Program Office at CBP, discusses the role of technology in border security, and why it should be used alongside people on the ground.

Maj. Gen. Cedric Wins, commanding general of U.S. Army CCDC, discusses the command’s missions, and how they fit into the larger goals of Army Futures Command. Kim Weaver, director of external affairs at the Thrift Savings Plan, discusses how the TSP is working to increase their FISMA scores for next year, and new rules about withdrawals as a result of the government shutdown. Nick Sinai, senior adviser at Insight Venture Partners, discusses how agencies could improve their digital experiences, and implement the goals of the 21st Century IDEA act.

Tim Young, principal at Deloitte, and Colin Soutar, senior manager for cyber risk at Deloitte, discuss the Trusted Internet Connections policy, and how changes to it could make cloud more widespread in government. Nick Sinai, former deputy U.S. CTO and venture partner at Insight Venture Partners, discusses how tech modernization efforts could be impacted by Paperwork Reduction Act regulations, and IT legislation making its way through Congress. Robert Levinson, senior defense analyst at Bloomberg Government discusses the Army’s search for tech from non-traditional defense contractors, and the Air Force’s pursuit of “Space Launch as a Service”

The KSR Podcast is back! To kick off this season, two veterans of the Obama White House sit down to talk about what "innovation in government" really means. Plus, we get to hear the Joe Biden pool party story. Erica Pincus is a Master in Public Administration candidate who previously served as a Policy Advisor and Special Assistant for the White House Office of Social Innovation, and Nick Sinai is a lecturer in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and former U.S. Deputy CTO in the White House.

On this episode of CyberChat, host Sean Kelley, former EPA CISO, is joined by Nick Sinai, senior adviser at Insight Venture Partners and Matt Rose, director of Application Security Strategy at Checkmarx.

Nick Sinai, formerly a U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer at the White House and currently a Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy fellow at the Shorenstein Center, describes in detail the effort the Obama administration has put into modernizing the federal government’s digital services, both by opening up data to public and private groups, as well as to individual citizens by creating comprehensive online portals to access government services.