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Relevance Reboot – AI’s Galileo Moment In my last essay, I wrote about my personal journey with staying relevant. The learning posture, the mirror test, knowing when it’s five to twelve. But underneath those tactical questions is something deeper: what IS relevance when AI is fundamentally changing what we mean by intelligence and value? That’s…
At the February 2026 OODA Network Monthly Meeting, we started with a discussion on real-world use of Open Claw. We ended with exponentials. The through line: hands-on agent deployment is already forcing a deeper conversation about how fast institutions must adapt to the acceleration induced by exponential technologies.
Enterprise AI is in the middle of an architectural transition that most organizations have not named correctly. The shift from single foundation models to tiered, federated, agentic systems is not a capability story instead it is an economics, governance, and operational story. This three-part series distills the key findings from a set of in-depth technical…
If you will be in the DC area 23 April and have an interest in the topics of Golden Dome and post quantum encryption please consider joining us from 3pm till 5pm at the Carahsoft Conference and Collaboration Center for a great session that can inform architecture design for critical national security programs like Golden…
Peace Through Strength in Cyberspace: Understanding the New Cyber Strategy Cyberspace has long been a domain where the rules of statecraft remain unsettled. For several years, the United States has altered its approach between defense, deterrence, and quiet offensive operations. The recently released Cyber Strategy attempts to clarify that posture, applying a familiar doctrine that…
“Every career has a midnight hour. The smart people exit at five to twelve.”– Sanjay Khosla Relevance Reboot is a series of personal essays on technology, work, and staying relevant later in life. Many of us reach a point in our careers where the questions begin to change. These essays are my attempt to think…
Enterprise AI is in the middle of an architectural transition that most organizations have not named correctly. The shift from single foundation models to tiered, federated, agentic systems is not a capability story instead it is an economics, governance, and operational story. This three-part series distills the key findings from a set of in-depth technical…
On February 9, the CIA announced a major overhaul of its technology acquisition from the private sector. Director John Ratcliffe described it as “a radical shift towards a culture of speed, agility, and innovation,” while Deputy Director Michael Ellis declared that “CIA is open for business” in areas ranging from AI to microelectronics. With DARPA…
By Dr. David Bray and Ryan McLean Imagine a squad of soldiers moving through a dense urban environment where the sky is suddenly filled with the hum of a hundred low-cost drones. Or imagine a city’s emergency dispatch center going dark in the middle of a coordinated cyber-physical attack on the power grid. In these…
How Chinese Cyber Espionage Is Powering Its Cognitive Warfare Program In 2026, the contours of conflict have changed. China’s cyber espionage apparatus is no longer a mere data-theft machine—it has become a foundational engine for cognitive warfare. Beijing’s strategic design integrates the extraction of massive datasets and clandestine access to foreign communications with the capacity…
Introduction Each year, the OODA Almanac is the most provocative piece we publish. We take the opportunity not only to provoke your thinking with disruptive ideas but to peer over the edge into the emergent future. In past years we have charted exponential disruption, jagged transitions, reorientation, and whiplash. This year the theme is re-anchoring,…
Why Venezuela, Iran, and the Digital Battlefield May Be Reframing Global Statecraft In early January 2026, the United States carried out Operation Absolute Resolve, combining combined elite airborne forces, covert intelligence, and, reportedly, cyber effects that plunged portions of Venezuela’s capital into darkness. President Donald Trump’s comments suggested that “certain expertise” had been used to…
By Dr. David Bray and Jeff Jonas Executive Summary The democratization of technology has created the democratization of danger. Individuals and small groups can now deploy drones, personal robots, gene-editing tools, and other accessible technologies to cause harm that once required nation-state resources. The most dangerous response to this reality is fear-driven overreach—a “knee-jerk overswing”…
The emerging evidence suggests AI is not failing because it lacks capability, but because organizations are stalling at the bottom of a productivity J-curve, where measurement gaps, governance friction, and rework overwhelm early gains.
Healthcare was among the first sectors to operationalize AI—and is now the first to test its limits. As investment concentrates and expectations harden, the sector offers early lessons on where AI creates durable value.
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