Innovating in a Secret World: The Future of National Security and Global Leadership

Innovation is essential for national security, but the two worlds of global commerce and national security conflict over secrecy. Srivastava's book "Innovating in a Secret World" examines the U.S. government and innovation landscapes and suggests open innovation to broaden participation in innovation beyond organizations. This could have profound benefits for national security and global leadership.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 224 pages
\n Publication date: 01 July 2019
\n Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
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The importance of access to the most sophisticated and advanced technology for national security cannot be overstated. However, when it comes to capturing a terrorist leader, our efforts may fail due to a conflict between two "worlds." The first world is the dynamic, global, commercial world, characterized by thriving innovation and a relentless pursuit of progress. The second world is the realm of national security, where innovation is a matter of life or death. The conflict revolves around secrecy, as the government and military must keep their strategies and technologies hidden from adversaries to maintain their advantage.

In her book, Innovating in a Secret World, author and researcher Srivastava delves into the complex relationship between the U.S. government and innovation landscapes, as well as the current trends in national security-related research and development (R&D). The book explores whether the execution of technology innovation strategy in this secret world is unintentionally leaving certain innovations behind or precluding certain classes of innovators from participating.

Srivastava identifies the unintended consequences and emergent behaviors that result from this conflict. She argues that the traditional approach to R&D, which is often focused on individual organizations or divisions, is not sufficient for the challenges of today's complex and rapidly changing world. To address this, she suggests an emerging class of R&D strategy called open innovation, which pertains to broadening participation in innovation beyond an individual organization or division traditionally assigned to perform R&D activities.

Through compelling stories of commercial and early government applications, Srivastava demonstrates how open technology innovation strategies are promising and potentially advantageous in enabling, accelerating, and enhancing technology innovation. She suggests that if open innovation could be successfully applied to closed U.S. government R&D, the benefits to national security and global leadership would be profound.

In conclusion, the conflict between two "worlds" - the dynamic, global, commercial world and the world of national security - is a critical factor in determining our ability to capture terrorist leaders. By embracing open innovation and broadening participation in innovation beyond individual organizations, we can enhance our ability to develop and deploy the most sophisticated and advanced technologies to protect our nation and advance our global leadership.

\n Weight: 456g\n
Dimension: 161 x 237 x 20 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781640120860\n \n