New Open Innovation Gateway for Intelligence Agency
As an austere financial climate shows scant signs of abating, firms and organizations are being asked to do much more with less. Military and defense institutions are not exempt from the harsh financial realities.
In recognition of this, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in the US is going to introduce its Open Innovation Gateway. The portal is slated for an end of year/beginning of 2014 launch.
The intelligence agency is reaching out to traditional as well as non-traditional partners to not only keep pace with change, but to get ahead of it with faster and better innovations.
“We are targeting the garage inventor, the graduate student and [traditional] industry players,” said Dan Doney, DIA’s chief innovation officer.
The Way Ahead
According to Doney government workers are currently limited by only asking for things they know already exist. It is hoped that the new portal will provide out of the box solutions.
“No matter how many good ideas are in your organization there are always more good ideas outside than inside,” Doney said. “If you want to be an innovation leader and drive down costs, you must have worldwide mechanism to tap into the best ideas out there,” he said.
The portal will also allow solvers to see the specific needs of the organization and have their ideas routed to the most appropriate people.
Below is a short video of DIA leaders discussing the need for new or more efficient technologies, and the role that open innovation can play.
To read more about the DIA’s innovation strategy and engagement and collaboration opportunities, click here.
Reader Comments
Although semi-retired, at 76 years old this December, a dual Australian/UK citizen, and a pensioner living with Patricia, my wife, in Queensland in Australia, I wonder if there is any voluntary defense research capacity I can undertake through the new DIA "Open Innovation Gateway" to be implemented later this year? I would like to offer my services?
My former career was in the computer industry as an IT consultant/contractor. My MENA assignments were completed in Iran (Dynalectron, Bell Helicopter, Textron consortium), Saudi Arabia (ARAMCO), Bahrain (Gulf Air) and Lagos (Rida National Distributors). My other IT assignments were in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.
In Australia, I was accorded a commission as a Reserve Army Officer in the rank of "Captain". My unit was the Royal Australian Corps of Transport (RACT). I undertook IT consulting activities for Third Military District in Australia.
Currently, I am an Intern with The Intelligence Community, LLC in Arlington, VA 22204, an Associate of Future Directions International (FDI) in Perth, Western Australia, and a member of the Royal United Service Institute (RUSI) Queensland Inc. in Brisbane, Queensland.
My pro bono defense research papers have been posted/published/archived in one form or another to at least twelve Web sites worldwide. These sites include: IAGS (Potomac), Geopolitical Intelligence News (London), Future Directions International (Perth), Swiss ISN Metadatabase (Zurich), GERN-CNRS (France), GeoPolitica (Bucuresti), White Paper at IQPC Resource Center (London), two Chinese Web sites (in Mandarin/English in Shanghai), Sage International (Adelaide), RUSI (Canberra), and TRUNG QUOC (Vietnam).
Additionally I am preparing the manuscript for a new book possibly to be entitled "Nemesis: Oil, Missiles, Drones, and Star Wars in the 21st Century". Thus far, 96,000 words have been drafted. My prime concern is for the continued sustainability of global oil supply until the Third Millenium and the geopolitical, strategic, logistic, economic and military implications.
I look forward to your response. Regards, David
Posted by CAPT David L O Hayward (Rtd) on October 11, 2014
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