Progress Over Perfection

In this episode of Progress Over Perfection, Jack Moore talks with Nick Schutt — founder and president of Artemis Human Capital Management and host of the Robots and Red Tape podcast — about what actually separates AI programs that work from the ones that stall out. Nick and Jack cover why most organizations aren't AI-ready (it's a data problem, not a tool problem), the biggest mistake leaders mak...

Federal agencies are running AI pilots. They're standing up working groups. They're attending briefings and building centers of excellence. And most of them are still in the same place they were 18 months ago. The problem isn't access to tools. It's the gap between activity and action — and that gap is a leadership problem, not a technology problem. Jack Moore brings in John Hrasta...

Federal agencies saw 348,000 separations in 2025 — an 81% spike over the prior year, according to Pew Research analysis of OPM data. That means more program managers than ever are stepping into someone else's work: incomplete documentation, a team still figuring out who you are, and an executive who expects results now. There's no ramp. The question isn't whether you'll face this —...

Federal programs are under pressure to deliver modernization, AI adoption, and mission outcomes faster — even as workforce continuity fluctuates and long planning cycles stop matching operational reality. Leaders are caught between perfect information and urgent timelines, which means most consequential decisions now have to be made with less than complete certainty. Jack and Shashuana unpack how...