Quote Originally Posted by davidbfpo View Post
I dip into War on The Rocks irregularly and this article may help lift the gloom that I see here.

It opens with:
Link:https://warontherocks.com/2018/11/pe...ime-awareness/

Is this an example of how the non-state sector can help with an established system? No doubt the traditional response will be it is not built for warfare, e.g. insufficient, encrypted data down link capacity.

Could it be innovation comes from the bottom in the military, where the need can be clearer, even if the capacity to innovate may be small?
For building an array of micro-satellites, it may likely require an innovation programme such as Hacking 4 Defense developed at Stanford U by:

Steve Blank(the “godfather” of Lean StartUp)
Pete Newell(stood up the Rapid Equipping Force)
Joe Felter(now serving as Assistant Undersecretary of Defense)

It’s an awesome university based program(I’m biased) that is designed to solve big hairy national security problems.

I’ve used it as a basis to build short courses focused on teaching uniformed and civilian defence personnel how to innovate and support them in their efforts from the bottom up.

One of the problems we have identified after conducted this pilot course thru quite a few iterations in two countries now is the vulnerability that comes with organisations where too many people have the right to say no to bottom up innovation.

So stealing heavily from Steve Blank’s “Get to Yes” Memo: https://steveblank.com/2015/03/17/ge...te-innovation/

We are proposing the return of the Letter of Marque: https://groundedcuriosity.com/why-be...e-a-privateer/