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  • Geopolitical Futures: The Americas, The Northern Frontier of Mexico, The Arctic, and Africa

    Further geopolitical players and regions of the global polycrisis (jagged transitions, strategies, binaries fractures, major developments, and crucial events) summarized here include: The Americas, The Northern Frontier of Mexico, The Arctic, and Africa .

  • The Global Polycrisis: The Middle East, China, The Indo-Pacific, Russia, Ukraine, and NATO

    Polycrisis: A cluster of interdependent global risks create a compounding effect, such that their overall impact exceeds the sum of their individual parts. In this era of global polycrisis, leaders are also reacting to the fundamental macro economic trend of the last thirty years – which is the fundamental driver of the tetonic shifts in geopolitics…

  • The Future Now: The State of the Bioeconomy in 2023

    The future is now.  The Bioeconomy in 2023 is showing clear signs of opportunities for advantage created by the exponential disruption of the industrial base (including that of defense), coupled with exponential biotechnology innovation to build the bioeconomy of the future. The State of the Bioeconomy in 2023 includes: Exponential Organizational Ecosystems at Speed and…

  • The Origins Story and the Future Now of Generative AI

    The Origins Story and the Future Now of Generative AI – The fast moving impacts and exponential capabilities of generative artificial intelligence over the course of just one year. 

  • The Future of Blockchain Security, National Security, Cybersecurity, and Health Security

    The OODA Loop Blockchain Series includes case studies of blockchain security initiatives and cybersecurity incidents.  We tracked down the best-in-class research efforts and subject matter experts to explore how they are “framing and naming” the formative issues around blockchain security, including the national security, cybersecurity, and health security promise and peril.

  • The New Space Rush: The Final Frontier for the Economy and National Security

    The New Space Rush: The Final Frontier for the Economy and National Security – Panel Description: Humanities high water mark in space was in 1972 with the last of the Apollo missions. Since then no humans left Earth’s orbit and and all efforts on the ISS or from our Satellites seemed so very linear and…

  • The Generative AI Surprise

    The Generative AI Surprise – Panel Description: During our 2022 conference, we predicted that ChatGPT would take the business world by storm and included an interview with OpenAI Board Member and former Congressman Will Hurd.  Today, thousands of businesses are being disrupted or displaced by generative AI.  This session will take a closer look at…

  • Building Trust Back into Blockchain

    Building Trust Back into Blockchain – Panel Description: Blockchain technologies have experienced a period of Creative Destruction as fraudsters and opportunists exploited an environment with lots of misaligned economic incentives and lagging regulatory oversight.  Despite the hurdles, blockchain technologies continue to be incredibly disruptive in the market and offer new opportunities in both the public…

  • The Space Edge – Defining New Opportunities, Economies, and Risks

    The Space Edge – Defining New Opportunities, Economies, and Risks – Panel Description: After decades of stagnation, space innovation keeps pushing the boundaries of the possible with new firsts emerging on a monthly basis.  This session will dig deep into the emerging opportunities, economies, and risks associated with the rapid development of space-based technologies, resource…

  • Cyber is the New Cyber – Managing Emergent Risks

    Cyber is the New Cyber – Managing Emergent Risks – Panel Description: While the field of cybersecurity is easily over 30 years old, it continues to be a nexus for significant risk in emerging technologies.  This session will explore how threat actors are adapting to new environments and adopting disruptive technologies to achieve their goals.


OODAcasts

  • Megan Jaffer on Leadership, Intelligence, Innovation and Iron Butterfly Media

    Megan Jaffer on Leadership, Intelligence, Innovation and Iron Butterfly Media

    In this episode of OODAcast, Megan Jaffer joins the conversation to discuss her journey in the intelligence community and the creation of Iron Butterfly Media Group. Megan also discusses the expansion of Iron Butterfly Media, including new podcast series and a documentary on women in intelligence. Megan shares her background, including her studies in international…

  • Decision-Making and Deep Tech with Laura Thomas: Insights from a Former CIA Officer
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    Decision-Making and Deep Tech with Laura Thomas: Insights from a Former CIA Officer

    In this episode of OODAcast, Bob Gourley interviews Laura Thomas, a deep tech consultant and former CIA officer. Laura discusses her journey from a small town in North Carolina to a career in the CIA, where she served as a case officer. She emphasizes the importance of critical thinking and decision-making under uncertainty, and how…

  • Leading Cyber Change: Allan Friedman on the Revolution of SBOM & Future Cybersecurity Initiatives

    Leading Cyber Change: Allan Friedman on the Revolution of SBOM & Future Cybersecurity Initiatives

    Allan Friedman is a senior strategist at CISA (the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency) where he coordinates all of their cross-sector activities on the topic of SBOM: The Software Bill of Materials.

  • Joe Sullivan on Managing Complex Security Challenges

    Joe Sullivan on Managing Complex Security Challenges

    Joe Sullivan has been at the forefront of managing security risk in rapidly growing high tech companies over the past 20 years serving as the Chief Security Officer at Facebook from early start-up through the IPO, CSO of Uber and CloudFlare, and as a security leader at eBay/PayPal. Learn what motivates him and some of…

  • Joe Tranquillo on the Revolution in Biological Science
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    Joe Tranquillo on the Revolution in Biological Science

    Joe Tranquillo is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Bucknell University and a provost at the school. He is also and author and speaker with a knack for helping make new and at times complex subjects understandable. In this OODAcast we discuss many aspects of the revolution in biological sciences with Joe including topics like:…

  • MITRE Futurist Charles Clancy on our Quantum Enabled Future

    MITRE Futurist Charles Clancy on our Quantum Enabled Future

    Charles Clancy has successfully led technology efforts in government, industry, academia and continues to lead and innovate in his current position as Senior Vice President and GM of MITRE Labs. He is MITRE’s Chief Futurist. His role in technology leadership and his tracking of tech across multiple domains made for an incredibly insightful OODAcast. We…

  • Mark McGrath: John Boyd Is Far More Than The OODA Loop

    Mark McGrath: John Boyd Is Far More Than The OODA Loop

    Mark McGrath has applied the teachings of John Boyd to a career that began in the Marine Corps, included leadership positions in financial services firms and consulting with businesses with a need to learn to thrive in volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environments. He co-founded the consultancy AGLX and serves as its Chief Learning…

  • Serene – The Hacker Pianist Saving Cyberspace

    Serene – The Hacker Pianist Saving Cyberspace

    Serene is a hacker in the truest sense of the word. She’s applied a hacker mindset to learn coding, piano, and blend art and engineering in fascinating ways. You’ll find her collaborating on-stage with Grimes one night and coding censorship resistant technologies the next day. As a self-taught coder she was the first engineer hired…

  • Andy Bochman on Countering Cyber Sabotage

    Andy Bochman on Countering Cyber Sabotage

    Andy Bochman is the Senior Grid Strategist-Defender for Idaho National Laboratory’s National and Homeland Security directorate. In this role, Andy provides strategic guidance on topics at the intersection of grid security and climate resilience to INL leadership as well as senior U.S. and international government and industry leaders. Andy is a frequent speaker, writer, and trainer…

  • Spencer Ante on Creative Capital and Disruptive Innovation

    Spencer Ante on Creative Capital and Disruptive Innovation

    Spencer Ante is the author or “Creative Capital: Georges Doriot and the Birth of Venture Capital”, which was on my Top 10 book list for 2022. In fact, I found Doriot’s story so compelling that a portrait of him hangs on the wall at the Hack Factory start-up studio in Reston, VA. Doriot is a…

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