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DoD is failing on the three E’s: experimentation, evaluation, and evolution

February 18, 2022 Eric Lofgren 2

Here is the Director of Defense Research & Engineering Harold Brown in 1962, discussing how he has responsibility for all R&E activities in DoD since […]

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When does a culture of decentralization make sense?

September 30, 2020 Eric Lofgren 2

Erik: Let’s get into the lessons you learned from Uber that you find most interesting.   Flo: I think the first one is decentralization that […]

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US policymakers must avoid the same mistakes with China that they did with the Soviets

September 7, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

US policy makers tend to have this view of Chinese technology policy as being long-range, strategic, and top-down. We know that the most successful parts […]

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