What kind of leaders will be best suited in managing this transition in implementing innovative and effective learning and training solutions?

Not since the end of the Cold War has the IC and its workforce faced as many changes in the threat environment and adapting to illusive national security situations such as a global pandemic and constantly shifting transnational threats. While the pandemic an immediate challenge, the infusion of new technologies will be evolutionary.

The IC needs to be creative as it deals with future challenges with a changing workforce demographic and the infusion of emerging technologies. Senior IC leaders see new tools such as artificial Intelligence (AI), data analytics and machine learning as part of the solution by enabling the workforce to spend less time in processing raw data.

Training on these new tools will be critical as they are highly technical and intensive.  What kind of leaders will be best suited in managing this transition in implementing innovative and effective learning and training solutions? What are some best practices and lessons learned from the public and private sectors?