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  • 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.  

  • The Open Ordinals Institute

    What if blockchain moves away from a store of value to a store of information as a priority- all the while facing the exponential growth of bitcoin storage requirements?  Ordinal inscriptions present this challenge for the bitcoin ecosystem.  Unintended consequence aside, bitcoin boosters and evangelist soldier on with the launch of The Open Ordinals Institute.…

  • The Future of Biosafety and the Global Gain-of-Function Research Ecosystem

    Researchers from the the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) recently mapped “the gain- and loss-of-function global research landscape.”  We contextualize the CSET findings relative to the biosafety levels in U.S. biomedical laboratories. A looming question:  do other countries have the adequate commitment to health security and biosafety measures in their high risk pathogen…

  • China’s “Discourse Power”

    While the Chinese press may push the narrative that the U.S. wants to return to the structures of the binary fractures of the cold war, the CPC is turning its innovative powers to a new construct they call “discourse power” –  which includes formal, global operations (tethered directly to Beijing) used to influence the global…

  • Explaining The New NIST Cybersecurity Framework to the C-Suite

    It is bad form to try to explain any security framework to leaders who do not see a reason to care about it. This post provides some reasons why non technical business executives should care about the new NIST cybersecurity framework and recommendations for what they should know.

  • What Next? The OODA Network on the Future of the Chinese Economy

    The August OODA Network Monthly call was held on Friday, August 18, 2023.  This discussion is an extension of the initial read out from the monthly meeting:  What do We Need to Track About China?

  • The U.S. National Intelligence Strategy Seeks to Squeeze China via Partnerships

    This review of U.S. National Intelligence Strategy and observations on PRC reaction to it leads to insights that can inform corporate strategic planning not found anywhere else.


OODAcasts

  • Brad Meltzer, Bestselling Novelist With Insights To Inform Your Business Strategy

    Brad Meltzer, Bestselling Novelist With Insights To Inform Your Business Strategy

    Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Cupler Ring Trilogy (The Inner Circle, The Fifth Assassin, The President’s Shadow), The Escape Artist, The Book of Lies and many other thrillers loved by millions for their realism and well researched fact based themes and drama filled plots. He is also widely…

  • OODA Expert John Robb on Global Guerrillas and Frameworks to Drive Decision Making

    OODA Expert John Robb on Global Guerrillas and Frameworks to Drive Decision Making

    There is hardly a person more suited to speak with the OODA team on OODA Loops that former Air Force pilot John Robb. John has worked successfully in a variety of domains to include the special operations community, as an industry analyst, successful start-up founder, and national security expert. John Robb has distinguished himself with…

  • Bobbie Stempfley of Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute

    Bobbie Stempfley of Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute

    The leadership team at OODA have had the pleasure of working with and learning from Bobbie Stempfley since her leadership of the Department of Defense Computer Emergency Response Team (DoD CERT) after she established it in the late 1990’s. This OODAcast captures insights from Bobbie that can inform the action of leadership of corporate and…

  • Marc Ambinder of USC Annenberg School For Communication and Journalism

    Marc Ambinder of USC Annenberg School For Communication and Journalism

    Marc Ambinder is a journalist, researcher, historian, author of bestselling books and a teacher/mentor to many. We invited him on the OODAcast to help our community as we continue to look for insights that can drive operational decisions. For 20 years, Marc Ambinder has told true and complex stories about the world, revealed some of its…

  • Peter Singer on Burn-In
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    Peter Singer on Burn-In

    Burn-In is anchored in the realities we see all around us today. Artificial Intelligence is coming fast and changing the nature of many jobs, robots and automation are bringing tremendous new capabilities but also threatening humanity with loss of employment opportunities. Parenting in a world where everyone, including kids, are always connected is already changing…

  • Congressman Will Hurd on AI, 5G, Cybersecurity Risk and Geopolitical Risk
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    Congressman Will Hurd on AI, 5G, Cybersecurity Risk and Geopolitical Risk

    In this OODAcast, OODA LLC CEO Matt Devost interviews Congressman Will Hurd in a wide ranging discussion that touches on issues of geopolitical risk, cybersecurity, cyber risk and ways to help ensure our nation is prepared to compete and win in an age of rapid technological innovation. Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Communications (5G) and…

  • Robert Fink of Palantir on Lessons Learned From Using Data In Crisis Response

    Robert Fink of Palantir on Lessons Learned From Using Data In Crisis Response

    Robert Fink is on the leadership team at Palantir, where he has helped shape their approach to product design and architecture. He has also played major roles in ensuring the company stays focused on the mission needs of customers today, and, through shaping R&D, is helping ensure the company is better able to serve the…

  • JC Raby On Creating Value in Disruptive Markets

    JC Raby On Creating Value in Disruptive Markets

    We invited Boston Merdian’s co-founder and partner JC Raby on to the OODAcast do discuss his insights into the market today as well as his views on things companies can do to ensure they position themselves for the best possible transaction in the future. We also asked his advice for the strategic investor/buyer of firms…

  • Renowned Business Executive Scott McNealy, Co-Founder of Sun Microsystems, On Leadership

    Renowned Business Executive Scott McNealy, Co-Founder of Sun Microsystems, On Leadership

    Scott McNealy was a co-founder and CEO of Sun Microsystems and has one of the longest-running tenures as the CEO of a Fortune 500 company in history. He was one of the few businessmen that played a critical role in the emergence of the Silicon Valley technology industry that exists today and is a highly…

  • CEO of Percipient Balan Ayyar on the OODA Loop in Business

    CEO of Percipient Balan Ayyar on the OODA Loop in Business

    Balan Ayyar is the Founder and CEO of Percipient.ai, a Silicon Valley based artificial intelligence firm focused on delivering products and solutions for the most pressing intelligence and national security challenges. We have been tracking this leader for years and have watched him inspire many to achieve great things. His leadership in senior officer roles…

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