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Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption

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Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption

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Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption

Analysis

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    In February of this year, Matt Devost spoke to Rob Richer, a highly regarded advisor to international executives and global government leaders including several heads of state. In October of 2020, Bob Gourley had a conversation with Rear Admiral Paul Becker, USN (Retired). In January of 2021, Admiral Beck also took part in an OODA…

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    Foresight strategy (scenario planning), as a discipline, requires setting up signal and sensemaking mechanisms to have the most unique ideas, projects, and mental models on hand when devising futures. The experience economy, or experiential learning, is a rewarding method for sensemaking.  The Liberty Experience caught our eye, and we thought the OODA Loop Network would…

  • AI-Based Ambient Intelligence Innovation in Healthcare and the Future of Public Safety

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  • Disaster Response Applications: New Lessons From The Fall of Kabul and Severe Weather Events

    We are entering an era when on-the-ground conditions and real-time disaster-level information flows grow in their value in the aftermath of more frequent and mounting disaster conditions. Is there a wave of democratization of access to tools and/or product commercialization ahead in this space? For now, the following are some current signals and use cases…

  • Omand and Medina on Disinformation, Cognitive Bias, Cognitive Traps and Decision-making

    In August, Bob Gourley had a far-ranging conversation with Sir David Omand. One of the most respected intelligence professionals in the world, Omand is also the author of the book How Spies Think: Ten lessons in intelligence. In May of 2020, Bob’s OODAcast conversation was with Carmen Medina, who served 32 years in senior positions…

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  • Cyber Espionage Likely Supporting China’s Arctic Aspirations

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OODAcasts

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  • Simon Clark on Investigating the Key Man and a Billion Dollar Fraud

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    In this OODAcast, we talk with Pulitzer Prize nominated journalist Simon Clark about his book the “The Key Man: The True Story of How the Global Elite Was Duped by a Capitalist Fairy Tale “. The book tells the story of Arif Naqvi and his Dubai-based private-equity firm Abraaj and attracted he billions of dollars…

  • Charity Wright on China’s Digital Colonialism
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    Charity Wright on China’s Digital Colonialism

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  • Jan Chipchase on Field Research for Actionable Insights

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  • Ben Dubow on Detecting and Countering Malign Influence Operations

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  • Jahon Jamali On Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the Coming Metaverse

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  • Maury Rogow: Every Corporation Will Have A Metaverse Strategy

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  • Digital Self Sovereignty and Avoiding the Long Night with John Robb

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  • Inman’s Rules: The Enduring Principles of Operational Intelligence

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