Vickie Sullivan

Todd Rogers: the moment you add cognitive complexity, people quit reading. #wlbfall2025

Todd Rogers: when you add multiple requests, you reduce the chance of getting any response. #wlbfall2025

Todd Rogers: the more you add the less chance folks will read anything you wrote. #wlbfall2025

Todd Rogers: rule to increase response is BLUF: bottom line up front. #wlbfall2025

Todd Rogers: bold, highlighting boosts readership but only for that verbiage. Nothing else gets read. #wlbfall2025

Todd Rogers: 20% of US adults read at the 5th grade level or lower. #wlbfall2025 #wlbfall2025

Kimberly Heckler, author and daughter-in-law of political trailblazer Margaret Heckler: her early life guided her efforts to make policy. It gave her on-the-ground compassion and directed her on who needed the most help. #wlbfall2025

Kimberlly Heckler, daughter-in-law of trailblazer Margaret Heckler gives a snapshot of what women faced in the 60’s and 70’s. Ex: what she heard when working for women obtaining credit in the banking committee, “women aren’t responsible enough to pay bills.” #wlbfall2025

Kim Heckler, author and daughter in law of Margaret Heckler: in 1967, she was the first woman elected to congress in the midst of 70 men. What she overheard: ”what is a secretary doing on the floor?” #wlbfall2025

Jeremy Weinstein, Harvard’s Kennedy school dean of faculty: questions about how we govern ourselves is now open. The structure is no longer fixed. It’s a period of a lot bumps. #wlbfall2025

Jeremy Weinstein, Harvard’s Kennedy School Dean of Faculty: the further you get away from DC, solving problems cross idealogical lines. #wlbfall2025

Jeremy Weinstein, Harvard’s Kennedy School: biggest applications for public service programs are OK, IA, FL. Big tent institution. Our programs must draw from all parts of the country. #wlbfall2025

Jeremy Weinstein Faculty Dean at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Gov’t: more than 50% students here are international. In 6 weeks we figured out a way to education those accepted who can’t get visas. We won in court and the vast majority came to Cambridge. #wlbfall2025

Eric Rosenback, former DOD national security expert: **Nuclear testing: Trump‘s order will go no where. The bureaucracy is deep & favors modeling. **Pete Hegseth: private consensus is that he’s doing stupid stuff and will not last long. #WLBfall2025

Eric Rosenbach, former DOD national security expert: *cyberattacks are a bigger deal than it appears. Local governments and small businesses are getting hit hard. *China: concern that Trump will promise not to intervene if Taiwan gets attacked/invaded. #WLBfall2025

assoc MIT prof Catherine d’Ignazio: in the US, there are no guardrails. Testing for function but not for potential harm. #wlbspring25

assoc MIT prof Catherine d’Ignazio: big money gets good models. little money gets poor models. #wlbspring25

assoc MIT prof Catherine d’Ignazio: how do we design the world we want, right now, even in a small scale. Stop waiting for Google. #wlbspring25

former US tech officer Megan Smith: need more public service technology, to go beyond profit. Digital infrastructure that the market won’t take care of. #wlbspring25

former US chief tech officer Megan Smith: the promise of tech is connecting and storytelling. We need to take ownership and run at the problems.