Government, Leadership and Russia

Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 16 – Acquisition & Sustainment – Ellen Lord

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Capturing market space versus Russia, for instance. What do you consider your most important reforms initiated under your leadership today? How would your organization increase collaboration between industry and government, especially at the startup and small company level? Designing in exploitability early in programs.

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The Red Queen Problem – Innovation in the DoD and Intelligence Community

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In the 21st century you need a scorecard to keep track of the threats: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, ISIS in Yemen/Libya/Philippines, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, hackers for hire, etc. Pete Newell and I have spent a lot of time bringing continuous innovation to government organizations. That approach doesn’t work anymore.

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Lessons for the New Administration – Technology, Innovation, and Modern War

Steve Blank

JANUARY 14, 2021

One was a continuous refrain from senior DoD leadership that new tech, weapons, and operational concepts are insufficient to guarantee the U.S. Secondly, our senior military leadership recognizes that now more than ever we can’t go it alone. At the same time, Russia has reemerged as a regional power. Lessons Learned.

Technology

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 4

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

In this session we provided the students with an appreciation of how the United States National Security Strategy arrived at the conclusion that we are in an era of great power competition with Russia and China. Russia at the time showed promising signs of moving closer to democracy. Optimism turns into reality. Fast forward to 2017.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 1

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

It’s worth considering the reasons why nations decline — they lose allies, a decline in economic power (the UK in the 20th Century); they lose interest in global affairs (China in the 15th Century); internal/civil conflicts (Russia in the 20th Century.) neglected strategic threats from China and a rearmed Russia.

Technology

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 1 – Ash Carter

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

It’s worth considering the reasons why nations decline — they lose allies, a decline in economic power (the UK in the 20th Century); they lose interest in global affairs (China in the 15th Century); internal/civil conflicts (Russia in the 20th Century.) neglected strategic threats from China and a rearmed Russia.

Technology

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 4 – Bridge Colby

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

In this session we provided the students with an appreciation of how the United States National Security Strategy arrived at the conclusion that we are in an era of great power competition with Russia and China. Russia at the time showed promising signs of moving closer to democracy. Optimism turns into reality. Fast forward to 2017.

Russia

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 10 – The DOD and Modern War –– Michèle Flournoy

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Well first, the sense of urgency you do hear at the top among the Pentagon leadership is not necessarily fully shared throughout the bureaucracy – surprise, surprise. But also, to bring more tech talent into government to really help speed the transformation process. We’re not set up to do that quickly or well or at scale.

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What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

We talked about the role that employees now have in companies to advocate for their personal beliefs and perhaps force their leadership to take a more aggressive stance to protect their beliefs (in whatever direction). Generally the rights of citizens are protected by The Constitution and by the government.” “I

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Out of the Crisis #2: Mark Cuban on putting people first, the Dallas Mavericks, and what we'll want on the other side

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

11:59) Giving people trust and autonomy and opening lines of communication as a leader, and how Mark's leadership has evolved. (14:16) My grandparents were forced from Russia. So talk a little bit about what you've seen and why you felt called to take on a leadership role. Wars have been fought. It's either leave or die.

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Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

And then, once that curve is low enough, governments can dance, testing and tracking cases until the virus is eradicated or we develop a working vaccine. They didn't have experience buying bulk from the government things like masks or ventilators." My group of friends from Russia sent this to me. What did China do?

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VII: We Fought a War You.

Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

The Cold War After World War II ended, our wartime ally the Soviet Union kept its army in Eastern Europe and forcibly installed Communist governments in its occupied territories. That same year China fell to the communists under Mao Zedong, and the Nationalist government retreated to Taiwan. Meanwhile the U.S.

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Is social media good or bad for us? Yes.

Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Conservatives counter that these same social platforms are silencing conservative voices and call for government regulation to ensure that their opinions are heard. Both of the political perspectives above overlook the underlying problem: We haven’t agreed on a set of goals for how social media should impact civil society.

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35 Leading Women Entrepreneurs Paving The Way For Success

Designmantic Blog

MARCH 6, 2018

If there is one person who is able to provide creative solutions to complicated problems for governments, corporations and NFOs, it is definitely Holly Ransom. She initially started out as professional circus juggler in Russia after dropping out of school but soon turned to acting and video-making when she discovered YouTube.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 16 – Acquisition & Sustainment – Ellen Lord

The Red Queen Problem – Innovation in the DoD and Intelligence Community

Trending Sources

Lessons for the New Administration – Technology, Innovation, and Modern War

Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 4

Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 1

Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 1 – Ash Carter

Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 4 – Bridge Colby

Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 10 – The DOD and Modern War –– Michèle Flournoy

What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

Out of the Crisis #2: Mark Cuban on putting people first, the Dallas Mavericks, and what we'll want on the other side

Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VII: We Fought a War You.

Is social media good or bad for us? Yes.

35 Leading Women Entrepreneurs Paving The Way For Success

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