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The Red Queen Problem – Innovation in the DoD and Intelligence Community

Steve Blank

Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents. The problem is they don’t know how to be innovative in peacetime when innovation succumbs to the daily demands of execution. In peacetime innovation succumbs to the demands of execution.

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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

Rising consumer demand in China itself has also led its own manufacturers to favour selling domestically. By now, many would know that China is expanding aggressively to West Asian and North African countries like Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Algeria, Libya and Egypt. Traditionally, Asian coastal cities have ruled shipping trade.

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Exploring The Everyday: Better Meat For a Better Future

View from Seed

What I experienced in Afghanistan really stayed with me, and one of the things that I noted was that meat prices have been steadily climbing since about 2000. J: One that sticks out for me was from my time in Afghanistan. So, it made sense to start in a place where the demand is the greatest since this is a global problem.

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The Innovation Insurgency Scales – Hacking For Defense (H4D)

Steve Blank

There is demand to apply the problem-solving methodology to a range of public sector organizations where success is measured by impact and mission achievement versus revenue and profit. Lessons Learned. Hacking for Defense = problem-solving methodology for innovation insurgents inside the DOD/Intel Community.

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Independent Truckers Put Their Careers In High Gear

YoungUpstarts

Not everyone can push an 18-wheeler across America’s big slabs; long-distance driving is demanding, lonely work. If you are considering a job in the trucking industry and are considering purchasing your own truck, here are some things you should know: Drivers are in demand.

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The Innovation Insurgency Scales – Hacking For Defense (H4D)

Steve Blank

There is demand to apply the problem-solving methodology to a range of public sector organizations where success is measured by impact and mission achievement versus revenue and profit. Lessons Learned. Hacking for Defense = problem-solving methodology for innovation insurgents inside the DOD/Intel Community.

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Herding Cats – Using Lean to Work Together

Steve Blank

When Colonel Peter Newell headed up the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF) he used lean methods on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to provide immediate technology solutions to urgent problems. Today, his company BMNT does for government and commercial customers what the Rapid Equipping Force did for the U.S.

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