Ever to Conquer – Week of November 17, 2025

📘 Featured Resource: Bridging the Innovation Gap - What Public-Sector IT Can Learn from the Private Sector

https://redleif.io/bridging-the-innovation-gap-what-public-sector-it-can-learn-from-the-private-sector/

Change in public-sector IT often stalls not because the will isn’t there, but because the questions aren’t. This resource helps you surface the right questions - about structure, governance, incentives, and speed - that private-sector teams have already been navigating. It gives you a framework for asking things like:

• “Where in our procurement or approval process are we slowing momentum?”
• “Which business partners (internal or external) have mis-aligned incentives or hand-off issues?”
• “How do we reward speed and innovation without undermining policy, security or mission?”

By shining a light on those questions, you can move from the “we should innovate” mindset to “we know where we’ll start” and “we know what to measure.” If you’re a technology or transformation leader, this is a strong checkpoint for your roadmap.

Check out the full resource here

📰 Top Story This Week

Public Sector Data Readiness Still Lags - But Ambition Remains High

• Summary: A report by the Capgemini Research Institute finds that 90% of public-sector organizations plan to explore agentic AI in the next two to three years, yet only 21% feel confident their data is strong enough to support it.
• Why it matters: The data maturity gap remains the bottleneck. Models and tools matter - but without data, they don’t move the mission.
• Actionable: Embed readiness assessments (governance + data + infrastructure) alongside innovation pilots; ensure you have plans to strengthen data so that innovation isn’t chasing empty promises.

🚀 Innovative Company on Our Radar

A Data Governance-First Approach to Mission, Budget, and Performance

What we love: They emphasize data governance not just as a checkbox, but as the backbone of mission outcomes - treating workflows, insights and accountability as part of the same system. Their stance: it’s not just about capturing data, it’s about controlling, validating and applying it so decisions align with policy, budgets and public service.

Learn more here

🎙️ Podcast Spotlight

Ever to Conquer with Bradon Rogers

Bradon Rogers breaks down the role of the Chief Customer Officer and explains why the public sector needs to embrace it. He shows how centering customers - not systems - can drive stronger service delivery, build trust, and enable true transformation across government.

Watch it here on youtube

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