Steve Blank
Navy’s Science and Technology Board at U.S. Navy
Steve Blank
Navy’s Science and Technology Board at U.S. Navy
Pescadero, California
Overview
Work Experience
Department of the Navy’s Science and Technology Board
2023 - Current
Advice and counsel to the Department of the Navy on scientific, innovation, technical, manufacturing, acquisition, logistics, medicine and business management.
Founding Faculty - Gordian Knot Center For National Security Innovation
2021
Co-Author Hacking For... Diplomacy, Defense. Technology, Innovation & Great Power Competition
2012
Adjunct Professor
2011
Teaching: Technology, Innovation and Great Power Competition https://tigpc21.sites.stanford.edu Hacking for Climate and Sustainability https://h4cs.stanford.edu Hacking for Recovery https://h4r.stanford.edu Hacking for Defense https://h4d.stanford.edu Hacking for Diplomacy http://hacking4diplomacy.stanford.edu Lean LaunchPad: https://leanlaunchpad.stanford.edu
Advisory Board Member
2020
https://www.appliedmaterials.com/company/news/press-releases/2020/09/applied-materials-welcomes-technical-advisory-board
Architect I-Corps @ NIH Curriculum
2014
Architect Innovation Corps Curriculum, Principal Investigator I-Corps
2011
Developed the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps curriculum (an adaptation of my Stanford Lean LaunchPad class.) Recruited teaching team, taught first two cohorts. Co-Prinicpal Investigator for the U.C. Berkeley Innovation Corps node.
Lecturer
2015
Wicked innovation class 2023/24 Lean LaunchPad for synthetic biology 2015
Senior Fellow
2012 - 2022
Defense Business Board
2020 - 2020
Lecturer
2002 - 2017
Lecturer
2014 - 2016
Investments
Latest Articles
Why Innovation Heroes are a Sign of a Dysfunctional Organization
Talks about Innovation, Disruptive Innovation and Corporate Innovation
The Class That Changed The Way Entrepreneurship Is Taught
Talks about Teaching, Higher Education and Lean Startup
Lean LaunchPad — For Deep Science and Technology
Talks about Technology, Lean Startup and Teaching