Cutter contributor and data business leader Myles Suer recently spoke to a group of CIOs to discuss lessons learned from last month’s CrowdStrike debacle. This Advisor shares their insights and provides key takeaways for business leaders about crisis management and resilience.

This Advisor examines the relationship between corporate environmental disclosure and environmental innovation (known as “ecovation”). It suggests that firms avoid “greenwashing” and “brownwashing,” as both are associated with lower innovation than “green-highlighting” strategies.

As this Advisor explores, GenAI looks promising for providing advanced AI edge computing capabilities in space. Although still in experimental stages, applications from Booz Allen Hamilton and the European Space Agency demonstrate the possibilities of integrating GenAI capabilities directly on spacecraft by facilitating natural language–based data retrieval and analysis, improved data transmission efficiency, and real-time decision-making.

Airports can be viewed as microcosms of cities and, as such, offer important lessons to public sector entities around the world. Specifically, emulating the strategies used by airports during the pandemic can help municipalities and others become more resilient. In this Advisor, Denver International Airport CEO Phillip Washington offers a firsthand view into how airports were able to survive, rebound, and move forward after the pandemic-induced downturn.

In this Advisor, a group from Oak Ridge National Laboratory explores energy-efficiency improvement as a feasible, low-cost approach that can bring immediate industrial CO2 emissions reductions around the globe.

As AI systems advance and produce increasingly sophisticated and innovative output, the question of how to treat this output under IP law becomes more pressing. The characteristics of some AI systems, including the self-improving nature of certain AI models and the difficulties associated with attributing their outputs to human creators, challenge the existing framework and necessitate a thorough rethinking of what rules will result in the greatest social value.

Women of color are equipped with tried-by-fire strengths that stem from endurance, perseverance, and survivorship. By utilizing these qualities, businesses can expand and grow to meet the diverse needs of their customer base.

Transitioning from a linear to a circular space economy is not just about sustainability — it’s about preventing orbital ecocide and ensuring the long-term viability of orbital space as a resource and habitat. By embracing resource efficiency, reuse, and innovation, we can safeguard the celestial environment and preserve the final frontier for future generations.

This Advisor explores key technologies for more accurate tracking of space objects of all sizes, monitoring software that automates collision warnings, and technology that remotely removes objects in orbit. These include two systems that cause decaying orbits, one that uses a specialized satellite to push space objects and one that moves objects into a different orbit from Earth.

Through a recent executive leadership roundtable, we learned that top leaders tend to construct their ESG strategies through three lenses (or frames): Games (with referees and rules), Positions (with some being deciders and some doers), or Capitals (with money overpowering other capitals). In short, as this Advisor explains, ESG strategies are neither given nor static. Rather, they evolve depending on the character dimensions of the leaders who envision and enact them.

This Advisor explores the European Commission SUMP, a consolidated methodology to help local and regional authorities improve accessibility of urban areas by providing high-quality, sustainable transport to, through, and within the urban area. Essentially, it contains actionable guidelines for comprehensive and sustainable urban mobility planning.

With careful design and effective oversight, large language models (LLMs) can be an ally rather than a liability in securing organizations against modern technological threats. This Advisor looks at specific ways responsible LLM adoption can improve security.

Building a high-performance team takes significant effort, and it doesn't occur until all members of the team are working together like a well-oiled machine. In this Advisor, we explore a key ingredient of high-performance teams: leaders who display social intelligence when leading and putting the team together.

In this Advisor, Cutter Expert Curt Hall examines how AI, computer vision, and robotics are being implemented to optimize the plastic recycling process.

In this Advisor, we explore a key trend uncovered by ADL’s 2024 CEO Insights study: AI use, particularly for efficiency and effectiveness, is on the rise; however, many leaders are still on a transformation path to fully understand its impact and integrate it across their organizations.

In this Advisor, Myles Suer offers nine pieces of advice gleaned from a forthcoming book on AI-savvy leadership. Effective leaders can use this advice to propel AI in their organizations and gain real business value.

This Advisor presents the current status of mobility as a service (MaaS) and explores some interesting new mobility models.

Investing in the circular economy involves financial support of businesses and projects that embrace sustainable practices. Unfortunately, a lack of data availability and poor data quality make it difficult for investors to choose where to invest and evaluate the performance of their investments. This Advisor explores new sources of data and emerging technology that can be deployed to offer a more comprehensive understanding of circular investments and performance.

Stakeholders are demanding more than just financial results from organizations. They’re increasing the pressure on CEOs to encourage strong ethical behaviors in their organizations, address social problems, and take a stance on current events. The worldwide increase of social injustice, both inside and outside organizations, demands that CEOs establish cultures and processes that are inclusive of all people.

As we explore in this Advisor, electric tractors offer both environmental and economic benefits and can play a significant role in sustainable agriculture efforts. In addition to pollution-reducing EV technology, these quiet, no-exhaust tractors use AI, robotics, and the IoT to enable autonomous operations and support precision agriculture.

Effective adoption of next-generation banking technology is the road to greater customer engagement; faster product development; better operational management; and improved compliance, efficiency, and growth. It will also enrich the customer experience through stellar, hyper-personalized service.

In this Advisor, we explore two trends uncovered by ADL’s 2024 “CEO Insights” study: CEOs plan to continue existing growth strategies and are increasing their growth investments.

The buzz around the circular economy is not new, but the pandemic and climate change have led to more serious discussions and activities for large companies like Apple, Nike, and Unilever. This Advisor explores how these companies and others are supporting circularity and communicating their progress.

AI is increasingly being used for tasks in space like satellite repair, spacecraft maintenance, planetary-surface exploration, and data processing. However, there is a risk of system compromise, either through cyberattacks or internal failures. This Advisor explores AI-driven space systems and ways to mitigate the risks associated with them.

In this Advisor, Cynthia E. Clarke delves into climate strategies for boards of directors, including avoiding greenwashing, staying up to speed on potential regulatory changes, reporting on the risks of transitioning to net zero, and having a dedicated team accountable for ESG reporting to ensure information accuracy.