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The story of US Air Force’s Kessel Run

May 28, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

During a tour in the Central Command’s Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) in Qatar, the Defense Innovation Board (DIB) with Chairman Eric Schmidt (the thenexecutive […]

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Make 2021 the year of defense budget reform!

March 22, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Three excellent reports addressing defense budget reform were released between February 25 and March 8, 2021: Competing in Time: Ensuring Capability Advantage and Mission Success […]

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How Google Works: acquisition review (part 1)

December 13, 2018 Eric Lofgren 0

The book How Google Works, by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg, offers many insights in a post-industrial (or post-corporate) world. I’ll discuss the book’s ideas […]

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