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Running on “Good Enough”? Here’s Why That’s a Problem

Listen on: There's a particular kind of organizational inertia that doesn't announce itself. It doesn't show up as a catastrophic system failure or a missed deadline. It shows up as friction — workflows that feel slightly slower than they should, data that's harder to pull than it ought to be, technology that technically works but [...]
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The Invisible Squeeze: What’s Really Happening to the Global Supply Chain

Listen on: If you've noticed prices staying stubbornly high even as tariffs came down, you're not imagining it, and there's a reason. The global supply chain is operating in a state of layered disruption right now, and understanding why requires looking beyond a single headline at a time. On a recent episode of World Lens, [...]

You Can’t Protect What You Can’t See: Inside the Cyber Exposure Era with Tenable

Listen on: There's a phrase that keeps surfacing in cybersecurity conversations lately: you cannot protect what you can't see. It sounds simple. But for most organizations — from Fortune 500s to federal agencies — achieving that full-spectrum visibility is anything but. That's the challenge Tenable has built its entire company around solving. As "the exposure [...]
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Beyond the Runway: Shannetta Griffin on Engineering BWI’s Next Chapter

Listen on: When Shannetta Griffin took the helm at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport in April 2025, she brought more than four decades of aviation expertise. But numbers only tell part of her story. She is the first African American woman to lead the Maryland Aviation Administration, and also the first to serve as the FAA's [...]

From Maryland to the World: TEDCO’s Strategy for Economic Impact That Sticks

Listen on: Troy LeMaile-Stovall wanted to be a priest. He grew up Catholic in Houston, Texas—"an anomaly in and of itself," he notes—and even spent five minutes in seminary before realizing his calling looked different than he'd imagined. His mother gave him clarity: "You're in this world for one reason and one reason only, to [...]