EVOLVING INNOVATION
RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN CORPORATE INNOVATION SHOW THE IMPORTANCE OF INCLUDING A DIVERSE POOL OF PEOPLE WHO CAN EXPLORE A PROBLEM CREATIVELY.
West Point (USMA). He is Level III certified in program management and Level II certi- fied in systems engineering, and is a member of the U.S. Army Acquisition Corps.
best to align resources and organizations to pursue those opportunities. Te ODASA(R&T) views this initiative as part of a broader Army effort to break down communication barriers that have hindered innovation.
Te ultimate goal is to build direct, collaborative bridges between the technical and tactical communities. Te traditional model, in which TRADOC and ASA(ALT) toss guidance and information back and forth over bureaucratic walls, will not support the kind of fresh thinking the Army needs to maintain overmatch in future conflicts.
Rather, the ODASA(R&T) intends for the process outlined here to help lay the foundation for a unified innovation pipeline. Tis will support ARCIC with solid S&T inputs that will help the organization craft operational concepts and articulate technology needs that result in realistic, innovative solutions. Simultaneously, the S&T community benefits by gaining an operational perspective that helps ground technical innovation.
CONCLUSION As Tomas Edison noted, “Vision without execution is hallucination.” While it is still early days, the SciTech Recon 2030 pilot initiative has already paid off in new collaborations between TRADOC and ASA(ALT). Te Consolidated S&T Trends report is complete and is being
disseminated to stakeholders throughout the Army. Tis report is on the reading list for the TRADOC-ARCIC Strategic Trends Seminar, a UQ activity that brings together experts from across the armed forces, academia and think tanks to consider the broad technology trends that will shape future operations. At press time, the first three idea-generation games will be complete, with emerging results provided to the S&T enterprise and ARCIC.
Early feedback on SciTech Recon 2030 from the S&T community and TRADOC has been positive. Te ODASA(R&T) is incorporating recommendations from stakeholders and participants into plans for the next iteration, which will begin this summer. As the process moves ahead, the ODASA(R&T) welcomes wide participation from the AL&T community in fostering an unparalleled culture of innovation for Army S&T.
For more information, please contact Dr. Jason Augustyn at
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CONTRIBUTORS: Dr. Kevin Leonard, physicist, U.S. Army
Communications-Electronics
LTC JOEL DILLON is the director of tech- nology war gaming and manufacturing for the ODASA(R&T) and the overall lead for SciTech Recon 2030. He holds an M.S. in mechanical engineering from Stanford Uni- versity and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the United States Military Academy at
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search, Development and Engineering Center Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate; Mr. Daniel Evans, senior researcher, USMA Network Science Cen- ter; and Dr. Nicholas Sambulak, defense S&T analyst, Future of Army Science & Technology Network, USMA.
DR. JASON AUGUSTYN is a founding partner at FutureScout LLC, which helps organizations build resilience through foresight, strategy and culture. FutureScout led development of the Consolidated S&T Trends Report and the design of the SciTech Recon 2030 process. He holds a Ph.D. and an M.S. in psychology from Te Pennsylvania State University, and a B.A. in psychology from the University of Rhode Island.
MS. JULIA KIM is a project director at the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies, which leads the design and execution of the Web-based brainstorming games. She holds an M.A. and B.A. in the history of science from Harvard University.
MR. DOMINIC JU is an applied research scientist and program manager for the Virginia Tech Applied Research Corp., which leads research and concept analysis for SciTech Recon 2030. He holds an M.A. in international affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a B.A. in history and transatlantic security from Tufts. He also attended the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg in Germany and Paris-Sorbonne University in France.
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