At the June 2024 OODA Network Member Meeting – held on Friday, June 21, 2024 – the network discussed The Uptick in Global IT Supply Chain Breaches (Frequency and Specific Targeting), amongst other …
DHS S&T Contracts Startups to Explore Privacy-Enhancing Digital Wallets Technologies
We are committed to a solutions-driven, abundance-based but not quite naively techno-utopian editorial voice here at OODA Loop. With that: the promise of USG Innovation is driven by research and …
A Renewed Commitment and Reorientation to the First Principles Thinking of the Founders
First principles thinking is a timeless methodology that continues to influence diverse fields by encouraging deep analysis and innovative solutions. While Aristotle and Descartes are pivotal figures …
NATO Versus “The Ultimate Threat Multiplier”
In 2017, NATO released a seminal report that concluded that climate change is the ultimate “threat multiplier," exacerbating political instability in the world’s most unstable regions, with …
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What You Need to Know About the Reemergence of “Schedule F” (Executive Order 13957 – a Corollary to Project 2025)
Project 2025 and Schedule F have been in our research queue relative to our prognostication in the OODA Almanac 2024: "Viewed through the lens of history, 2024 will be a landmark year punctuated by …
“Uniting Forward Thinkers”: NATO DIANA’s 2024 Challenges
In the run-up to this week's 2024 NATO Summit in Washington D.C., NATO DIANA announced the innovation accelerator's 2024 Innovation Challenges. Details here. About NATO’s Defence Innovation …
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The Perovskite Scenarios: Critical Mineral Mining and the Future of Geopolitical Competition and Conflict
The mining of critical minerals like perovskite-related materials and oxides of calcium and titanium is increasingly becoming a geopolitical issue. The strategic importance, limited availability, and …
The U.S. Government has $13.3B Worth of Crypto Stashed Away; Transfers $214M to a Coinbase Wallet
Consistent with our OODAcon 2024 theme - Convergence - the recent transfer of $214M worth of bitcoin from the total $13.3B worth of bitcoin held by the USG - predominantly made up of the bitcoin …
July 4, 2024
Here is to a safe, festive, and restful long Fourth of July weekend. Thank you for your continued support. Matt Devost, Bob Gourley, and the OODA Loop team Featured Image Source: Wikipedia …
AUTOMATE 2024
OODA Loop was on the road this Spring, doing Field Research at Several Notable Spring 2024 Conferences - including Automate 2024: North America’s largest robotics and automation event held in Chicago, …