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  • Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 2 –

    This vendible first appeared in West Point’s Modern War Institute.We just had our second week of our new national security matriculation at Stanford – Technology, Innovation and Unconfined Power Competition. Joe Felter, Raj Shah and I designed the matriculation to imbricate how technology will shape all the elements of national power (our influence and footprint on the More

    Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  Class 2  China
  • I Can’t See You but I’m Not Blind

    If I ask you to think of an elephant do you see an elephant in your throne when you tropical your eyes?I don’t. Regardless of how descriptive the imagery, story or text I can’t create any pictures in my throne at all. 2% of people can’t do this either. This More

    I Cant See You but Im Not Blind
  • Year End Review – What You Might Have Missed

    “It was the weightier of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was More

    Year End Review  What You Might Have Missed
  • What’s Plan B? – The Small, the Agile, and the

    This post previously appeared in the Proceedings of the Naval Institute.One of the most upstage and unvigilant manifestos for the future of Naval innovation has just been posted by the Rear Admiral who heads up the Office of Naval Research. It may be the hedge we need to deter China More

    Whats Plan B?  The Small, the Agile, and the Many
  • Save the Date! the 5th Lean Innovation Educators Summit

    SAVE THE DATE for the 5th Lean Innovation Educators Summit on The Role of Educators and the University in Building Sustainable and Innovative Ecosystems February 3rd, 2022 from 1 to 4pm EST, 10 to 1pm PST Join me, Jerry Engel, Pete Newell, and Steve Weinstein as well as educators from universities virtually the world More

    Save the Date! the 5th Lean Innovation Educators Summit