All Source Podcast

About All Source Podcast

This podcast is led by INSA's Policy Councils and Subcommittees covering hot topics in the intelligence and national security community.

Publisher

INSA

Category

education · government · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Feb 2026

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 12 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   The Career Playbook: Making the Relationship Work

   Host Suzanne Wilson Heckenberg and mentor Christy Wilder explore building and sustaining effective mentoring relationships for career growth.

2. 

   22 Sept 2026

   The Career Playbook: Owning the Messy Chapters

   Host Suzanne Wilson Heckenberg interviews Ben Conklin about embracing career setbacks and unconventional experiences to foster growth and resilience.

3. 

   8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Career Playbook: Finding the Right Fit

   Host Suzanne Wilson Heckenberg and The Hon. Sue Gordon discuss building impactful mentorships by prioritizing wisdom and self-awareness over seniority for career growth.

4. 

   25 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Career Playbook: The Inner Circle | Defining the Roles

   Host Suzanne Wilson Heckenberg interviews Janice Glover Jones about defining the crucial roles of mentors, allies, and sponsors for professional growth.

5. 

   18 Jun 2026

   From Action Plan to Mission Impact: Conclusion

   Hosts Chitra Sivanandam and Dr. Yevgeniy Sirotin conclude their series by discussing AI strategy implementation challenges and the importance of standards for mission impact in this interview.

6. 

   18 Jun 2026

   From Action Plan to Mission Impact: Allies, Adversaries, and AI

   Host Chitra Sivanandam interviews Chip Usher, Senior Director for Intelligence at the Special Competitive Studies Project, about AI's impact on global competition and national security.

7. 

   4 Jun 2026

   From Action Plan to Mission Impact: Humans Still Required

   Host Chitra Sivanandam and Dr. Yevgeniy Sirotin interview Dr. Missy Cummings about the essential human element needed for successful AI adoption and workforce readiness.

8. 

   21 May 2026

   From Action Plan to Mission Impact: Testing for Trust

   Host Chitra Sivanandam and guest Mark Munsell, former Chief AI Officer at NGA, explore building trust in AI systems through rigorous testing and evaluation for mission impact.

9. 

   7 May 2026

   From Action Plan to Mission Impact: The Human Side of Mission Data

   Hosts Chitra Sivanandam and Yevgeniy Sirotin interview Dr. Ian McCulloh about transforming mission data into operational advantage through data quality and pragmatic application.

10. 

    22 Apr 2026

    From Action Plan to Mission Impact: Data or Bust

    INSA's Chitra Sivanandam and Yevgeniy Sirotin interview Sean Batir about how America's AI Action Plan reframes data as a strategic asset for national security.

11. 

    22 Apr 2026

    From Action Plan to Mission Impact: Key Takeaways from America's AI Action Plan

    Hosts Chitra Sivanandam and Dr. Yevgeniy Sirotin discuss translating America's AI Action Plan into tangible mission impact by focusing on infrastructure, data, and collaboration.

12. 

    11 Feb 2026

    Welcome to INSA's All Source Podcast

    Amy Campbell, Senior Policy Manager at INSA, discusses the mission and impact of INSA's All Source Podcast.

Inside a recent episode

The Career Playbook: Finding the Right Fit

Published 8 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And the neat thing is any mentor, any person you engage with will love helping you do what you want. They will be willing but feel less comfortable trying to articulate for you what would be a good path. Well, there's that saying, you can't help someone who doesn't want to help themselves. And certainly the want is there, but perhaps not the information they need to get to the next step. And you can't expect somebody to tell you what that is. Yeah, I think the best mentors are people who help you think. Right. So if you really don't know and you really you know, you're just kind of feeling like you're stuck or you've got choices to make. […]

Who has been a guest on All Source Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Christy Wilder
• Ben Conklin
• Sue Gordon
• Janice Glover Jones
• Chip Usher

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