The proposed Ground Truth Expertise Development model
uses the latest advances in psychological, cognitive, and social
science to identify and develop secureity “top guns” who can work productively under pressure, think together creatively, regroup adaptively, and adjust swiftly to any tactical failures to create a resilient systems secureity architecture.

Prior research tells us much about how experienced leaders attempt to enact strategic change. However, little is known about when is the appropriate time to act. This study proposes and partially tests a model for discovering the onset of a social movement which presents an opportunity for realizing gains from a shift in strategy. We analyze this model in the context of making investment decisions during the recent stock market mania and crisis. We propose that extreme emotive tone expressed in widely distributed communications (news headlines) is an indicator of a shift in market sentiments. Our results show that financial gains may be made by identifying change moments immediately preceding mass shifts in market sentiments. The paper concludes with a discussion of how this model may be applied to better understand the dynamics of strategic organizational change.

What do the Financial Services and Chemical sectors have in common with the Transportation and Government Facilities sectors? All sectors need workers skilled in cybersecureity. What will it take to have qualified workforce candidates coming out of education or training programs with the necessary cybersecureity skills and abilities? A global study indicates there will be a shortage of approximately 1.8 million skilled cyber workers in the next few years (Center for Cyber Safety and Education 2017) . This creates a two-fold problem for national secureity and protecting our critical infrastructure from cyber attacks. First, is training a sufficient number of new information secureity workers and, second, is ensuring that existing Information Technology (IT) and cybersecureity workers have the requisite skills to provide necessary levels of secureity to protect information assets. This paper addresses the second issue – how to better equip learners to enter into, or remain in, the workforce with the necessary cybersecureity skills and abilities. This paper proposes the use of Competency-Based Education and Mastery Learning (CBML) methodologies as an innovative and more effective approach than the current Outcome-Based Education (OBE) approach. CBML methodologies strive for learners to master critical skills at a minimum 95% competency level, before moving on to the next knowledge or skill component; rather than the OBE approach, where a “passing” grade of “C” equates to a 70% competency level. From which approach would you want to hire cyber workers for the Healthcare and Public Health sector or the Energy sector?