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

Steve Blank

Our defense department and intelligence community owned proprietary advanced tools and technology. We and our contractors had the best technology domain experts. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents. Newell ran the U.S.

Community 232
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How companies strangle innovation – and how you can get it right

Steve Blank

They were trying to keep up with providing the core services necessary to run the current business and at the same time deal with a flood of well-meaning but uncoordinated ideas about new features, technologies and innovations coming at them from all directions. Ironically, by standing still, they were falling behind.

Incubator 316
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Lessons From Leaders

SVPG

We all deal with certain truths about building technology products, and I find that certain quotes resonate strongly with people and help them internalize important concepts or ideas. I have literally hundreds that I've aggregated and curated. It helps me to understand their culture and their values.

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The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Goes Lean

Steve Blank

The good news for the country is that the leadership of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency has decided to turn the ship now. It is our job to acquire the technologies, data and services that NGA and the NSG need to execute our mission in the most effective, efficient and timely manner possible …”.

Lean 181
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The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Goes Lean

Steve Blank

The good news for the country is that the leadership of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency has decided to turn the ship now. It is our job to acquire the technologies, data and services that NGA and the NSG need to execute our mission in the most effective, efficient and timely manner possible …”.

Lean 181
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The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Education and Corporate Innovation

Steve Blank

With the nature of work changing, the core skills entrepreneurs need to know to become practitioners are actually core skills that everybody will need to know to get a job: creativity, agility, resilience, tenacity, curiosity. But this type of innovation requires leadership who understands that is their goal.

Incubator 332
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Digital Analytics + Marketing Career Advice: Your Now, Next, Long Plan

Occam's Razor

They'll have the mental agility to think smart and move fast. I had two big ah-ha moments that have changed my view if humans can be competitive in any field compared to what technology will spring forth. A go to source for me is whoever is curating the Artificial Intelligence AI channel.

Analytics 136