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Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption
Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption
Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption
In May 2023, the U.S. government pledged USD $25 million in assistance to Costa Rica to bolster its cybersecurity efforts and cyber posture. A year prior, Costa Rica suffered a debilitating series of ransomware attacks executed by the now defunct Conti ransomware gang that demanded USD $20 million or else the Costa Rican government would risk being “overthrown…
The need for change in the US organizational infrastructure to improve our ability to integrate and implement emerging technology in support of national strategic objectives is well understood. Dr. Bray’s excellent article, about the 2015 X-Cell, cites among a number of excellent observations, the production of “daisies”; new teams and organizations (DIU, In-Q-Tel, etc.) set…
This post reviews some of our research into the future of technology, specifically the technology enabled shared reality known as the Metaverse. This site has been writing about the Metaverse since 2003. But the term goes back a decade before then. It was a construct articulated by Neal Stephenson in his SciFi masterpiece Snowcrash. In…
The long term impact of the historically unprecedented arraignment today (Tuesday, June 13, 2023) of a former U.S. President is unknown. We look at the event through the prism of the ongoing threat of domestic political extremism and violence in the U.S. In this epoch of poly-crisis – a cluster of interdependent global risks create…
After the murder by the Russian state of his company’s lead lawyer in Russia – Sergei Magnitsky – Bill Browder became a sworn enemy of Vladimir Putin. So, considering his experience and resources available to protect himself, his family, and his business and activist communications against the Russian threat directed at him, Browder’s recent appearances…
Ellen McCarthy is a highly accomplished and distinguished executive whose career started as a junior analyst and ended up reaching to the very highest echelons of the US intelligence community. In this OODAcast we explore lessons learned from her journey, capturing insights that can inform actions for those at any stage of a career.
Blake Bartlett is the CEO of Janes, the well known and trusted provider of open source defense intelligence. In this OODAcast we examine lessons learned from Blake’s career and path from a young student with a desire for a career in sports to success in the domain of sales. Blakes walks us through some key…