The Realignment

328 | The Pentagon Isn't Ready for the New World of Disruptive Innovation with Steve Blank

Jan 12, 2023

01:11:16

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The Two Methodologies for Requirements Development

01:18

The Rise and Fall of the Rapid Deployment Force

01:40

Aircraft Carriers and Submarines - The Big Idea in World War II

05:02

Do We Need a Major Defense Acquisition Program in Peacetime?

03:49

Introduction

2min

The Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation at Stanford

3min

DoD No Longer Owns Commercial Technologies?

6min

DoD and Speed?

2min

What's the Future of the DOD?

5min

The Public Face of Innovation

4min

Are MVPs in the DoD's Context?

1min

Aircraft Carriers and Submarines - The Big Idea in World War II

5min

Why We Shouldn't Have Hundreds of Drones in the Air

2min

10.

Do We Need a Major Defense Acquisition Program in Peacetime?

4min

11.

Are We in a Crisis Right Now?

6min

12.

Is Your Organization Designed to Do the Right Thing?

5min

13.

Organizational Redesign at the Scale of Goldwater

3min

14.

Innovation and Execution in a Healthy Organization

3min

15.

In Peacetime, Doing a Job Is Just Fine

2min

16.

Do We Have the Same People That We Used to Have?

5min

17.

Do You Have Time for a Tick?

4min

18.

Is the DOD Getting Better?

5min

19.

What Would a National Industrial Strategy Look Like?

5min

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Steve Blank, co-founder of the Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation, Stanford adjunct professor, and former Defense Business Board member, joins The Realignment to discuss why the Department of Defense is built for a world that no longer exists, how and why the U.S. finds itself in an undeclared "crisis," the case for sweeping reform, the implications and nature of disruptive technology, and why the Pentagon continues to fail its audits.

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