Bravatek Solutions Inc (BVTK)

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HSTODAY: What are the challenges to leveraging public-private partnerships better?

CELLUCCI: This is a critical question. The implementation of public-private partnerships that I described requires a mindset change in the government workforce. What do I mean by that? I have the advantage of being both “private sector” as well as former “Govie.” The risk profile of the typical government employees is to sedulously avoid risk, whereas a private-sector employee will often take a calculated risk to gain financial reward. In addition, the “government space,” the difference from a practical standpoint is that a respected “govie” has a big budget and lots of people reporting to them — whereas an accomplished private sector uses as little as possible budget to gain big financial returns. This is why leadership is so crucial to enabling change in the government space. The hardest part of change in the government, from my experience in over 12 years, is akin to losing weight: the hardest part is the “middle.” Government has some great, creative folks who join its ranks every year and there are highly motivated leaders who come into government who want to genuinely create demonstrative results. But there’s a large “middle rank” who wrongly believe that they have worked years to get on a path of a larger budget and more reports without really having to have shown accomplished results. This MUST Change — and that change comes from the highest officials in government (starting with POTUS and the Cabinet) to make it clear that RESULTS will be rewarded, not just longevity and “playing the paper-pushing game.” The good news is these challenges can be overcome faster than one thinks, if you reward the behavior you desire (in this case reward innovative public-private partnerships that save taxpayer money, introduce technologies/products/services in months instead of years and years, etc.).

https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/transportation/qa-with-tom-cellucci-how-to-build-security-through-critical-infrastructure-partnerships/