From Obsolescence to Resilience – Designing a 3rd Wave Industrial Base

April 22, 2026
The structural mismatch Modern defense capability depends on real‑time integration across domains, software‑defined systems that evolve continuously, and distributed supply networks able to adapt under...

Electricity and Space: The Infrastructure Convergence Leaders Are Still Managing Separately

April 21, 2026
What did you do when the Verizon (or AT&T in 2025) network went down earlier this year? For most, it was an inconvenience. For some,...

When the Future Becomes the Present: Why Declining Foresight Capacity Should Alarm Every Leader

November 25, 2025
We are living in a moment when the future refuses to stay “in the future.” On one front, major disruptions like geopolitical, technological, and environmental...

Futures Thinking: Rewiring Our Minds for an Uncharted World

August 27, 2025
Contributing Author: LT GEN S. CLINTON HINOTE, USAF (RET.) Human evolution has sculpted us into masters of the immediate and the familiar, equipping our brains...

Turning Discovery into Advantage: Rethinking Science & Technology Investment Value

August 5, 2025
In this environment, defense leaders are under extra pressure to deliver more value, faster with fewer resources and greater scrutiny. Yet in the early-stage science...

From Paralysis to Advantage: Leadership Strategies for Unstable Times

July 11, 2025
This uncertainty causes strategic paralysis. Investment decisions are delayed. Transformational initiatives stall. Organizations wait for clarity that may never come. But what if this isn't...

Rewriting Retirement: Strategic Moves Reshaping the Future of Wealth and Work

July 8, 2025
In the 1970’s Future Shock, Alvin Toffler saw a future where the traditional model of retirement, characterized by a fixed age and a predictable pension...

POLICY STORM SEASON: HOW WILL IT IMPACT RELIABILITY, AFFORDABILITY, AND SUSTAINABILITY?

May 30, 2025
In 2025, uncertainty is the new operating baseline. The grid infrastructure is aging. Power generation is more diverse and dynamic than ever.  Supply chains remain...

Waste Not Want Not: Managing Supply Chain Risk in a Trade War

April 18, 2025
Between import tariffs and new export restrictions from China, it’s harder than ever to anticipate supply chain stability for critical materials. Government, industry, and downstream...

Will you win or lose post-election?

October 19, 2024
Headlines are heavily focused on making predictions about election outcomes.  Be it polls about who will win in each state or which policy change will...

Presidents Need Foresight More than Once Every Four Years

September 19, 2024
Although the world is spinning with ever-increasing speed, the U.S. Government has not kept pace. Hindered by self-imposed myopia, it stumbles like one of the...

A DAY WITHOUT SPACE AND A CALL FOR GREATER POSITIONING, NAVIGATION, AND TIMING RESILIENCY IN THE UNITED STATES

September 4, 2024
“Imagine If…” an exploration of a day without Space and Call for Greater PNT Resilience Are you ready to delve into the future of Positioning,...