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Unmanned Sicarios: How the War in Ukraine Is Enhancing Latin American Armed Groups’ Drone Capabilities

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In a war against an enemy with superior manpower and conventional arms advantages, Ukraine’s innovative use of weaponized drones has helped it make significant territorial gains, strike previously secure areas, and consistently stay ahead of Russia’s countermeasures across four and a half years of fighting. In Latin America, a growing number of armed groups are adopting Ukraine’s tactics, using drones in their own battles against local government forces and rivals.

Masked Provocateur: The Russian Shadow Fleet and How Soviet-Era TTPs Are Furthering Russia’s Subterfuge

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Operating in a nautical netherworld via opaque ownership and location cloaking methods, Russia’s antiquated shadow fleet has simultaneously evaded sanctions to support the nation’s wartime economy and provided a platform…

Empathy is Key Soft Skill for Leaders: Tesla Government on the Manage 2 Win Podcast

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What’s the most important leadership soft skill to drive team culture? Ben Schwartz’s answer might surprise you. Schwartz, Program Manager and Director of Department of State Engagements at Tesla Government, was…

Scaling Engagement in your Knowledge Community: Be SMART About It

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In a knowledge sharing community or platform with only 30 people, it’s easy to know who your users are and what they want. But when your platform grows from 30…

Eliminating Information Silos Caused by Remote Teams and Common Collaboration Tools

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During the pandemic, organizations quickly shifted to remote work with the help of communication and collaboration platforms like Slack, Google Docs, and MS Teams.  But over time, the limitations of…

Steps to Successful Project and Knowledge Management: Tesla Government on the Get Down to Business Podcast

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Shaped by her time in the Army, Andrea Castle uses that experience to help government and military clients get their projects done on time and on budget. As data curator…

Utilizing Data Visualization in the Workplace: Tesla Gov on the Human Capital Innovations Podcast

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John Steed, Tesla Government’s Director of Geospatial Services, was recently interviewed by Dr Jonathan Westover on the Human Capital Innovations Podcast. John spoke about real world uses of Geospatial information…

Public-Private Collaborations: Tesla Government on the LifeBlood Podcast

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Data Curator Andrea Castle was recently interviewed by George George Grombacher on the LifeBlood Podcast. The LifeBlood Podcast interviews subject matter experts from all over the world to share their…

Essential for User Adoption Strategy: Defining & Tracking Onboarding Metrics

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A key component of any new system implementation is developing user adoption strategies that get users into the system and engaged to make the program successful.

But there’s really only one way to know if new software is delivering the value you expect: user adoption metrics.

Attributes of a Skilled GIS Team

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Federal agencies rely on geospatial data to understand the where and the what for their projects around the world. Geospatial data helps agencies decide where to set up security perimeters…

GIS and Civil Affairs: Tesla Government featured on One CA Podcast

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Through the past decade, the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) team from Tesla Government has supported Civil Affairs missions around the globe. Tesla Government’s John Steed, Director of Geospatial Services, was…

Knowledge Management Across Agencies: Tesla Government featured on GovExec Daily Podcast

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Knowledge management, collaboration and information sharing between agencies under normal circumstances is challenging – even more so while working remotely.  Tesla Government’s Andrea Castle, a data curator and knowledge management…