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  • China’s Defense Minister Being Removed From Post, U.S. Officials Say

    Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu was taken away last week by authorities for questioning, according to a person close to decision making in Beijing, while U.S. officials say he is being removed from his post. Li hasn’t made a public appearance since late August. One U.S. official said the trouble surrounding Li pointed to deep-seated…

  • Is Deep Learning the Future of Financial Stability (or Volatility and Crisis)?

    Financial network complexity, biased algorithms, regulatory considerations, and predictive analytics (based on faulty foundational models) are only a few of the risk variables that will determine the future of AI in the finance sector.  Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, in his previous life as an MIT Sloan School of Management Professor, wrote a…

  • The Future Will be Built with “Clean Steel”

    The decarbonization of heavy industry figures prominently into the “all of the above” solutions which will need to be deployed to combat the climate crisis.  “Clean steel” is showing real promise.  Details here. 

  • “AI for Enterprise”: Lessons Learned from Healthcare, Hugging Face and Clinical Language Models

    Healthcare is already in the midst of an AI revolution – with an applied technology market maturity which outpaces most other industry sectors which are in a reactive mode to the AI hype cycle.  Explore these AI healthcare use cases and apply them to your organization using design and systems thinking.  

  • While Texas Declared a Grid Emergency, EU Fossil Generation is at Record Low

    Two climate crisis related developments are worth tracking as an indicator of what may be the new reality in this age of polycrisis.  We do not provide solutions but do mention mental frameworks important for leaders to master in finding solutions. 

  • The ICC Will Now Investigate Cyber War Crimes

    In this report we capture context on the shift in ICC intentions regarding investigating and prosecuting cyber war crimes. Recent reporting reveals that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will now investigate and prosecute cyber war crimes in the same way it does kinetic and physical war crimes.  The ICC’s lead prosecutor Karim Khan authored an article that though acknowledged that…

  • The OODAcast on 9/11/01: Firsthand insights from intelligence leadership

    This post captures some key content from the OODAcast including observations from OODA Network Members who were in positions to know what the national security situation was before, during and after the attacks.

  • Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Human Diplomacy

    This post examines AI and Human diplomacy and building trust, cooperation, deception, and strategic reasoning into natural language AI systems.

  • Without Consensus on Key Cyber Issues, the Global Cyber Weapons Market Flourishes

    This post seeks to inform your understanding of the cyber landscape from the perspective of the realities of the world as it is vice as we would like it to be. International efforts to grapple with the complexities of hostile cyber activities continue to languish in the United Nations.  Whether it be trying to codify  cyber norms of…

  • Tracking Global AI Legislation, Policies and Strategies

    “Tracking, unpacking and governing the complex field of global AI governance law and policy has quickly become a top tier strategic issue for organizations.” The IAPP and OECD provide tracking resources for your organization to leverage into your AI strategy.  


OODAcasts

  • Amr Awadallah On The Biggest Challenges And Opportunities in Enterprise IT Today

    Amr Awadallah On The Biggest Challenges And Opportunities in Enterprise IT Today

    In this OODAcast we examine lessons learned as a startup founder and insights into the future of technology with Amr Awadallah. Amr Awadallah is widely known as a founder of Cloudera. Prior to that he was working on extreme scale data solutions for Yahoo. Most recently he was VP for Developer Relations at Google Cloud.…

  • Sir David Omand on Leveraging How Spies Think In Our Business and Personal Lives
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    Sir David Omand on Leveraging How Spies Think In Our Business and Personal Lives

    Sir David Omand is one of the most respected intelligence professionals in the world and author of the book How Spies Think: Ten lessons in intelligence. His career in intelligence began shortly after graduating from Cambridge in 1969 when he joined the UK’s GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters). He would later become the director of GCHQ.…

  • Jessica Gulick: An accomplished cybersecurity practitioner turned CEO on future focused leadership

    Jessica Gulick: An accomplished cybersecurity practitioner turned CEO on future focused leadership

    Jessica Gulick is widely known for her leadership of the successful growth strategy and marketing firm Katzcy. She is also the Commissioner of the US Cyber Games, a multi-phased cybersecurity program recruiting a US Cyber Team for international competition. She is also the founder of PlayCyber, a new business line promoting cyber games and tournaments.…

  • Lance Mortlock On Scenario Planning to Drive Strategic Decisions

    Lance Mortlock On Scenario Planning to Drive Strategic Decisions

    Lance Mortlock is a Senior EY Strategy Partner. He is author of the book Disaster Proof: Scenario Planning for Post Pandemic Future, which explores ways scenario planning can help organizations be more resilient. This is a must-read book for anyone in the Risk Management field. It provides practical advice for strategists, planners, executives and board…

  • Jer Thorp on Living in Data and Creating Better Futures

    Jer Thorp on Living in Data and Creating Better Futures

    Each year, there are one or two books that deeply resonate with me and become sticky in that I’m thinking about the book often, bringing it up in conversations, and sending out unsolicited recommendations for executives and researchers in my network to check it out. Jer Thorp’s “Living in Data: A Citizen’s Guide to a…

  • Tony Tether On Technology Leadership and Lessons Learned From DARPA

    Tony Tether On Technology Leadership and Lessons Learned From DARPA

    Dr. Tony Tether was the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA, from 2001 till his retirement in 2009. In this OODAcast we examine some of Dr. Tether’s formative experiences, including a very unique job he held while awaiting entry to Stanford. He was a door to door salesman and while doing that…

  • Cofer Black on Leadership Lessons Learned and Speaking Truth to Power

    Cofer Black on Leadership Lessons Learned and Speaking Truth to Power

    In this OODAcast, we talk with renowned counter-terrorism expert and career clandestine services professional Cofer Black. Cofer is best known for having been the Director of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center on 9/11 and having been part of the intelligence community warning about the near-term threat of terrorism in the United States prior to the attacks.…

  • Gaurav Banga On Mitigating Cyber Threats Through Deep Insight Into Things That Matter Most

    Gaurav Banga On Mitigating Cyber Threats Through Deep Insight Into Things That Matter Most

    Gaurav Banga is the Founder and CEO of Balbix, and serves on the boards of several companies. Before Balbix, Gaurav was the Co-founder & CEO of Bromium and led the company from inception for over 5 years. Earlier in his career, he served in various executive roles at Phoenix Technologies and Intellisync Corporation, and was…

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    Kim Zetter on Understanding the Realities of Cyberthreats and How Code Has a Story to Tell

    This week’s OODAcast is with Kim Zetter, an incredibly well respected journalist who has been covering cybersecurity related issues for two decades.  Matt Devost talks with Kim about a wide variety of cyber-related issues including a deep dive into Stuxnet and the implications for today’s security environment. Kim also shares details as to how she…

  • Junaid Islam on Zero Trust Architecture

    Junaid Islam on Zero Trust Architecture

    In this OODAcast we provide insights into Zero Trust architectures from an experienced practitioner, Junaid Islam. Junaid is a senior partner at OODA. He has over 30 years of experience in secure communications and the design and operations of highly functional enterprise architectures. He founded Bivio Networks, maker of the first gigabyte speed general purpose…

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