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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 4- Semiconductors

Steve Blank

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the class to cover how technology will shape all the elements of national power (America’s influence and footprint on the world stage). This “whole of government approach” is known by the acronym DIME -FIL. Steve Blank, “ The Secret History of Silicon Valley ” Steve Blank , November 20, 2008.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 17 – Organizational Design – Safi Bahcall

Steve Blank

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. Today’s topic was Organizational Design and Modern War. Organization Design. And Finals Prep.

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

Steve Blank

If you read only one previous post, read this one (or this one.) ————- The Birth of Entrepreneurship in The Hot Cold War Silicon Valley entrepreneurship was born in the middle of a secret war with the Soviet Union. military, the CIA and the National Security Agency. Meanwhile the U.S.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 6 – Unmanned Systems and Autonomy

Steve Blank

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the class to cover how technology will shape the character and employment of all instruments of national power. These instruments of national power employed in a “whole of government approach” to advance a state’s interests are known by the acronym DIME -FIL. Class 2 focused on China, the U.S.’s

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When National Security Falls Between the Cracks

Steve Blank

government is ill-equipped to deal with the growing number of national security challenges that exist at the intersection of commercial and defense technology. Yet it remains unclear who in the government now sets policy for — or has final say over — issues that cross the boundaries between academia, defense, commerce, and diplomacy.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 15 – Mid Term– Congressman Mike Gallagher

Steve Blank

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. And if you want to cooperate with China, that leads you down a path where you put Taiwan relations on the back burner.