Applied Minds

At Applied Minds, we do what’s missing. Our work doesn’t fit neatly into a category because the problems and challenges we take on usually don’t either. We help organizations define the questions they *should* be asking, then develop answers at the intersection of art, engineering, science and systems design – whether that’s building a new military command center or reimagining the vision system for the KC-46A tanker. As Mahir Zeynalov captured in his Defense Disruptors feature, our approach blends imagination with execution. From rapid prototyping that mitigates risk in defense innovation, to bridging the gap between startup speed and enterprise-scale sustainment, our role is often to “provide what’s missing.” Thanks to @NextGen Defense and @The Defense Post for spotlighting how we combine creativity, speed, and systems-level thinking to help government and industry partners imagine, design — and build — what comes next. https://lnkd.in/e-pNSXjs 

Thank you @ColinDemarest for another sharp conversation – this time about how to build for a world that rarely gives you time to think, let alone time to prepare. You can read it in today’s Axios Future of Defense Q&A. It is always a pleasure to speak with someone curious enough to go wide and thoughtful enough to go deep. https://lnkd.in/eBtX5-pS

  If the U.S. wants to stay ahead, we need to build for flexibility, adaptability and disruption. Innovation doesn’t begin with answers – it starts with asking the right questions.   Ask a room full of most engineers to think outside the box and the first thing they’ll do is ask what kind of box you want. Transparent? Bigger? Virtual? But the real challenge isn’t to redefine the box – it’s to question why you’re using one at all.   That’s part of what I discussed with @VagoMuradian on a recent edition of the Defense & Aerospace Report’s Strategy Series podcast: the role of interdisciplinary thinking in national security, and why we need to stop trying to optimize old systems and start designing entirely new ones.   Thank you Vago for the thoughtful, wide-ranging conversation!    [https://lnkd.in/eJ5hQkxe]  

https://lnkd.in/ecrwcPYZ   At @Applied Minds, we've had the privilege of partnering with many of the most important organizations and companies across industry.    A big thank you to @Jared Keller and @Fast Company for taking a deeper look into our work, and recognizing that we “have spent decades proving that the best solutions often come from unexpected places!”