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Rethinking How We Scale: Lessons from Team of Teams
Reading Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal left me thinking about how organizations need to operate in today’s world. The book describes how the U.S. military had to transform itself when faced with a fast-moving, unpredictable enemy. Traditional hierarchies designed for efficiency and control simply couldn’t keep up with the complexity of the environment. The response wasn’t more layers of command or stricter processes, but something different: shared consciousness (Extremely transparent information sharing) and empowered execution (Decentralized decision-making authority).
By Ritu Raj
CardyCares in Action: Simplifying Care, Improving Outcomes
At Cardinality.ai, our people-first approach drives how we support agencies and the communities they work with. CardyCares, Cardinality.ai’s dedicated healthcare solution, is helping agencies modernize Medicaid Enterprise Systems (MES) and make a real difference in the lives of the individuals they serve. In my role as Director of Customer Success and Healthcare Solutions, I work closely with agencies to understand their challenges and implement solutions that improve both staff experience and client outcomes. CardyCares streamlines daily operations, allowing staff to dedicate more time to delivering quality care rather than managing administrative tasks.
By Kera Morelock
Empower Futures 2025: Building Brighter Tomorrows, Together
On June 5, 2025, Cardinality co-hosted the third annual Empower Futures evening alongside San Mar Family and Community Services at Potomac, Maryland.
By Team Cardinality
Cardinality.ai & Underdog Dreams Launch Train and Hire Program
According to the Harvard Business Review, Reskilling in the Age of AI, “the average half-life of skills is now less than five years, and in some tech fields it’s as low as two and a half years. For millions of workers, upskilling alone won’t be enough”.
Derrick Stephens & Kaushik Govindharajan
Thank You, Angela: Grit—What I Thought vs. What It Is
Thank you, Angela Duckworth, for your book, “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance," and thank you, Cooper, for recommending this book.
By Thiag Loganathan
Thank You! Clients, Partners, Cardy Team, and the ISM + PHSA Conference 2024
As Thanksgiving approaches, we’re filled with gratitude for the incredible clients, dedicated partners, and the hardworking Cardy team who make everything we do possible.
By Kevin Jones
Empower Futures '24: Continuing our Commitment to Improve Lives.
Here's a glimpse of this year's Empower Futures, an unforgettable evening filled with inspiration, compassion, and community. With Cardinality's motto, "Change a Billion Lives," Thiag Loganathan, his wife Kalyani, and San Mar Family and Community Services hosted the 2nd Annual San Mar Dinner—Empower Futures '24.
By Team Cardinality
We care! We're an A-team! We're going to disrupt Govtech with innovation!
At Cardinality, we are constantly striving to push boundaries and redefine what's possible. Our annual Leadership Kickoff is a testament to this spirit, bringing together our brightest minds to connect, strategize, and celebrate. This year's session, held in the vibrant atmosphere of Rockville, was no exception.
By Kevin Jones
Cardinality - a Rising Star at SLEDIE 2024!
The excitement around innovation in government technology is palpable, and the 2024 SLEDIE Awards perfectly captured that spirit. Cardinality is proud to announce that we were recognized as a Rising Star, among the industry's most promising govtech players.
By Team Cardinality
Cardinality at the National Governors Association Health and Human Services Symposium
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Oct 2-3, 2023 – An exciting gathering of minds took place at the National Governors Association's (NGA) annual Health and Human Services Policy Advisors Institute in Milwaukee,
By Team Cardinality
Committed to Improving Lives: Our recent Fundraiser for San Mar
We are excited to share the highlights and impact of the recent San Mar Fundraiser Event, hosted by Thiag and Kalyani Loganathan along with the dedicated team
By Team Cardinality
Safeguarding Children: The Role of Early Intervention
April is National Child Abuse Prevention month - a time to raise awareness and promote the safety and well-being of our children. With a larger goal to prevent cases of child abuse and neglect, public-private partnerships can play a crucial role by leveraging the resources, expertise, and networks of both sectors.
By Team Cardinality
Small Steps Open Doors for Foster Youth
Every year, over 20,000 youth age out of the foster care system without finding a place they could call ‘home’. While all youth need family support, the physiological and psychological challenges that arise from a long-term stay in foster care make that need even more critical.
By Team Cardinality
A Human-Centric Approach to Medicaid Redetermination
For many Americans, the end of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) is a welcome relief to the dreadful pandemic that has forever changed our lives. For others, the end of the PHE will wreak even more havoc due to the potential loss of critical benefits received via the federal government’s Medicaid Program.
By Team Cardinality
Time travel to accelerate innovation
Through his words in The Time Machine, H. G. Wells takes the protagonist to the future, to experience a world he couldn’t have imagined and to learn how to use his observations in the present to sail ably into that future. The subject has been fascinating the world for quite a while, yet time travel continues to be a fictitious, intangible concept.
By Team Cardinality
Personalization at the heart of Product Development
Every product development undergoes an extensive thought process in terms of design and functionality. User centric design has been a differentiator in the market for quite a while with ‘personalization’ as its successor. But, we see elements of personalization in technology every day without thinking about its significance or considering how it could affect positive change.
By Shravan Gundavarapu
Reflecting on National Child Support Awareness Month - Aug 2022
We are all familiar with the idea that money cannot buy happiness, but it can make a difference in the well-being of a child and their basic human rights
By Team Cardinality
Child Abuse Prevention Month | Together we end child abuse!
Every year, Child Abuse Prevention Month is observed in April to recognize the efforts made by our communities and families in bringing up this crucial issue to the forefront.
By Team Cardinality
Five skills hunicorns use to advocate digital transformation
A look at the traits required in a hunicorn who is looking to win over decision-makers--some often with zero IT knowledge--for investments in tech upgrades.
By Thiag Loganathan
Hunicorns: ‘Monsters’ with a code
In the second article in the series on hunicorns, I look at how going after a win-win strategy makes for a compelling leader, whose measure of success goes beyond towering achievements to take into account work that has lasting impact.
By Thiag Loganathan
Why you need a 'hunicorn' to successfully implement complex systems for government agencies
Who is a hunicorn and why is it critical to find one for your company’s modernization efforts and complex system implementations? In the first article in a series on hunicorns, I delve into the traits required in a leader executing modern technology initiatives in Health and Human Services.
By Thiag Loganathan
Using AI and data analytics to ensure every child’s unique needs are met in the foster care system
There are approximately 430,000 children in the US foster care system. That’s nearly half a million kids whose individual medical, emotional, and psychological needs,
Evelyn Ratnakumar
Finding a permanent home for every child in foster care
Every child deserves a permanent home. This seems to be an intuitive belief, but according to the current federal numbers, there are around 420,000 children in the foster care system. As ambitious as this goal sounds, the data says it is possible.
By Team Cardinality
National Foster Care Month: 3 ways technology can help
The three important aspects of the foster care system replete with challenges but hold the potential for disruption using innovative technology.
Evelyn Ratnakumar
Lessons from the pandemic to ensure children’s safety during other crises
As virtual classrooms are phased out for in-person learning, some of the challenges child welfare agencies faced while checking on abuse, neglect, and maltreatment may reduce.
Evelyn Ratnakumar
Child Abuse Prevention Month: Helping caseworkers and at-risk families address and avoid child neglect
As households grapple with the consequences of COVID-19 on their lives and livelihoods, it is crucial that states invest in the right tools and technologies that prevent and address child neglect and help provide a safe, loving environment for every child.
Evelyn Ratnakumar
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: How to support caseworkers working with at-risk children
Caseworkers are on the front lines of child abuse prevention and intervention. The work they do is essential to ensure positive outcomes for children and their families. That is why it is imperative that they are given the right tools to do their job.
Annabell Lee & Evelyn Ratnakumar
The importance of the Title IV-E Eligibility module in a child welfare system
Determining eligibility for Federal assistance in foster care is an important component of child welfare.
Vasanth Parthasarathy
Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month and why it matters
April is is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. With over 686,000 children experiencing abuse and neglect each year, the importance of this month is clear.
Annabell Lee
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