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  • Lessons for the DoD – From Ukraine and China

    Portions of this post previously appeared in War On the Rocks.Looking at a satellite image of Ukraine online I realized it was from Capella Space – one of our Hacking for Defense student teams who now has 7 satellites in orbit.National Security is Now Dependent on Commercial TechnologyThey’re not the only More

    Lessons for the DoD  From Ukraine and China
  • Finding and Growing the Islands of Innovation inside a large

    This post previously appeared in Fast Company.How does a newly hired Senior Technology Officer (CTO) find and grow the islands of innovation inside a large company?How not to waste your first six months as a new CTO thinking you’re making progress when the status quo is working to alimony you More

    Finding and Growing the Islands of Innovation inside a large company  Action Plan for A New CTO
  • 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