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Admiral McRaven: Why the U.S. Must Win the Global Innovation Race

Posted Oct 24, 2022 | Views 1.7K
# TransformX 2022
# Fireside Chat
# AI Policy & Governance
# AI in National Security
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Admiral William H. McRaven
Senior Advisor @ Lazard Financial Advisory

Admiral William H. McRaven, is a retired U.S. Navy Four-Star admiral and the former Chancellor of the University of Texas System. During his time in the military, he commanded special operations forces at every level, eventually taking charge of the U.S. Special Operations Command. His career included combat during Desert Storm and both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

McRaven is a recognized national authority on U.S. foreign policy and has advised Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama and other U.S. leaders on defense issues. He currently serves as a Senior Advisor for Lazard Financial Advisory and he is on the boards of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), the National Football Foundation, the International Crisis Group, The Mission Continues, and ConocoPhillips.

McRaven is the author of four books, SPEC OPS: Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare, and three New York Times Best Sellers, Make Your Bed, Sea Stories, and The Hero Code. He met his wife, Georgeann, while they were students at UT Austin, and they have three grown children. McRaven stays active with his writing, speaking and board commitments.

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Alexandr Wang
CEO & Founder @ Scale AI

Alexandr Wang is the founder and CEO of Scale AI, the data platform accelerating the development of artificial intelligence. Alex founded Scale as a student at MIT at the age of 19 to help companies build long-term AI strategies with the right data and infrastructure. Under Alex's leadership, Scale has grown to a $7bn valuation serving hundreds of customers across industries from finance to e-commerce to U.S. government agencies.

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SUMMARY

Admiral William H. McRaven, a retired Navy four-star admiral and former SEAL, sits down with Scale Founder and CEO Alexandr Wang to discuss why America must regain its dominance in technology innovation – and how, by acting decisively, it can do so. In recent years, some other countries have outspent the U.S., but an effective policy is about much more than budgetary considerations. Admiral McRaven discusses leadership lessons that apply to technology strategy based upon his decades of experience in special operations, his combat during Desert Storm and the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, his organization and leadership of the team that captured Osama bin Laden, and his years of advising U.S. presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama on defense issues.

The Admiral has also written several books that wound up on The New York Times’ best-seller list, including Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations; The Hero Code: Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived; and Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life…And Maybe the World. The last was originally a commencement speech that the admiral repurposed into a book. Admiral McRaven is on the boards of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), the National Football Foundation, the International Crisis Group, The Mission Continues, and ConocoPhillips.

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