Trevor Hough on Counterterrorism's Away Game Problem
Former White House Official Trevor Hough’s career framework of accepting opportunities aligned with critical national security priorities rather than institutional advancement metrics paid off. Now, he has invaluable insights to share, including why large defense contractors excel at exquisite hardware like bombers and missiles but struggle with software requiring rapid iteration and flat organizational structures, and how classified intelligence sharing post-9/11 depended more on personal relationships across agency boundaries than formal bureaucratic processes.
His conversation with Ian…
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