We are a month out from #DEF2023. Many of us are deciding if we can/should attend. Let me offer some encouragement. I believe we will look back on this conference as a turning point in the movement. The world is changing rapidly, and so is the national security community. Our #natsec institutions are changing. New leaders are emerging, communicating change as their core message. Our operational concepts are changing, disrupting stale doctrine. Our defense industrial base is changing. New participants have opportunities to disrupt the established conglomerates like never before, and we see struggles within the conglomerates themselves. The perspectives of our #Allies and partners are changing. Integration and cooperation has never been more widespread. The political landscape is changing. Maybe the only bipartisan issue remaining is meeting the challenge of #China. It's not far enough, or fast enough, but things are changing. Moreover, there is no centralized force that can stop this change. To be sure, many are still incentivized to resist #disruption, but they are increasingly isolated and irrelevant. They rightly sense that the forces of disruption are larger than they are. The fear of change is real, but so is the fear of what happens if we don't change. Now, the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum is needed more than ever, as we build on this positive momentum. DEF serves as the focal point for the network of innovative leaders that are reinventing defense. There is great power in this network. In it, leaders can find a community of like-minded disrupters with a deep sense of purpose. We can learn from each other. We can support and challenge each other. We can enjoy the
Join Clint Hinote at the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum (#DEF2023) Conference and connect with like-minded disruptors in national security innovation. We believe in expanding support networks and generating collective capacity to push beyond the status quo, emphasizing the importance of informal relationships and networks in the NatSec community. Meet a diverse group of practitioners at our event, ranging from crisis response professionals to warfighters and senior leaders, all committed to reimagining outdated approaches to readiness and deterrence. With hands-on experiences and relationship-building opportunities, #DEF2023 is the perfect place to explore evolved approaches to NatSec challenges. Request an invite today! www.def.org/def-2023 Common Mission Project, Globally, Truman National Security Project, +More Perfect Union, Stand Together, Building Momentum, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), BMNT, Ltd., Ground Truth Design, Jen Sovada, Meagan Metzger, Ian Eishen, Michael Pecota, Dina Spivy, Jamaal "Jay" Sampson 🎯 Paul ☁️ Puckett, Whitney McNamara, Jay Long, Daniel Hulter, Ryan Connell, Jer McKoy, Jon Margolick, Joshua Marcuse, Aubrey Cox Ottenstein #DEF2023 #team #people #power #nationalsecurity #innovation #humandesign #tech