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Season 6: Episode 7: Inside “CIO Leadership for Cities and Counties” new book! A conversation with Darryl Polk, Director of Education, Public Technology Institute (PTI), with Alan Shark. Originally recorded in May 2026...

Season 6, Episode 6: Tech Leadership – Balancing People and Technology A conversation with Angie Wright, CGCIO, Chief Technology Officer at City of Beaumont, Texas, with Co-host Mary Frances Coryell, Chief Revenue...

Season 6: Episode 5: AI, Organizational Leadership, and the Water Sector: The Power, Peril, and Potential of AI for Emerging Leaders A conversation with Alan Shark and Google’s NotebookLM. Why AI matters now in the...

Season 6: Episode 4: Overcoming AI Paralysis and the Dangers of Shadow AI A conversation with Alan Shark and Google’s NotebookLM. In a recent interview with AI Data Press, Dr. Shark discusses the growing tension between...

Season 6: Episode 3: An Innovator in Practice – from AI accountability to improving citizen communications. A conversation with Mike Dawisha, CIO of Genesee County (MI), with Co-host Mary Frances Coryell, Chief Revenue...

Season 6: Episode 2: : Leading Change: How Chief Digital & Innovation Officers Are Reshaping Public Service A conversation with Crosby Burns, Chief Digital and Innovation Officer, County of Marin (CA), with Co-host Mary...

Season 6: Episode 1: AI and the Student Paradox, AI Agent, NotebookLM Explains A conversation with Alan Shark and Google’s NotebookLM We begin Season Six with a demonstration of the powerful and inventive AI Agent...

Season 5: Episode 17: Predictions for 2026 and AI A conversation with Alan Shark and cohost Mary Frances Coryell, Chief Revenue Officer at CITIBOT In this concluding episode of Season 5, Alan shares his predictions for...

Season 5: Episode 16: Pharr Out Tech Leadership with Passion and Vision A conversation with Jose Peña, Innovation & Technology Director, City of Pharr, TX In this episode, we feature Jose Peña, Innovation & Technology...

Season 5: Episode 15: A Thoughtful Approach to Tech Leadership A conversation with Jeff Scheetz, CGCIO, CISM, Chief Information Officer, City of Avondale, Arizona In this episode, we feature Mary Frances Coryell from...

Season 5: Episode 14: A Thoughtful Approach to Tech Leadership A conversation with Joe Rivera, Director, Information Services & Telecommunication Administration, City of Laredo, Texas Having started in the private...

Season 5: Episode 13: Three Buckets of Concern – The Perils of Federal Data Curation A conversation with Denice Ross, Senior Fellow at the Federation of American Scientists and former U.S. Chief Data Scientist. Denice...

Season 5: Episode 12: Policy, AI, and Cybersecurity - Inseparable A conversation with Erica Shoemate, consultant, motivational speaker, and head of the EN Strategy Group. Erica is a Tech Policy Leader with extensive...

Season 5: Episode 11: State and Local Cybersecurity and Digital Risk: Strategies for Success in the Current Policy Environment A Special rebroadcast from the National Academy of Public Administration, webcast featuring...

Season 5: Episode 10: Looking Back to Moving Forward – A Vision for Future Public Sector Tech Leadership A conversation with Darry Polk, Director of Education, Public Technology Institute After 36 years of public...