Bill Murray
Step inside any military presentation today, and you’ll encounter a meticulously staged production. The language of the future is everywhere: “transformation,” “disruption,” “innovation.” It’s a well-rehearsed performance, complete with “Shark Tank” committees, gleaming “innovation labs,” and new commands planted in tech-centric hubs like Austin. Tech start-up salesmen, flush with venture capitalist dollars, roam the halls, peddling software they promise will win the next war. The presentations are polished, the rhetoric inspiring, all designed to project an image of relentless forward progress.
But here’s the unvarnished truth: the military is deficient in the innovative ideas needed to guide future technological development. There’s a vast chasm between the language of innovation and the arduous, often painful, act of it. The military has mastered the vocabulary of innovation, launching countless initiatives, yet this flurry of activity often masks a deeper challenge: a deep-seated, institutional resistance to and mistrust of the very people who generate truly groundbreaking ideas.
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