Dr. Phil Budden, a senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Sloan School of Management, delivered a briefing titled “MIT’s Approach to Innovation” to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC)
Dr. Phil Budden, a senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Sloan School of Management, delivered a briefing titled “MIT’s Approach to Innovation” to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport workforce on May 7, as part of a monthlong focus on innovation.
NUWC Division Newport and MIT have a relationship through the Industrial Liaison Program (ILP), which gives Division Newport scientists and engineers access to a variety of MIT conferences, events, research and webinars. During his visit, Budden also received an overview about Division Newport from Chief Technology Officer Dr. Jason Gomez, met with leadership, visited some of the labs, recorded a podcast and participated in a meet-and-greet session with employees.
In 2019, Budden and a colleague, professor Fiona Murray, wrote a paper titled “Defense Innovation Report: Applying MIT’s Innovation Ecosystem & Stakeholder Approach to Innovation in Defense on a Country-by-Country Basis.” What he learned was that not all innovation will happen at the Pentagon, which he called the “heart of the military-industrial complex.”
“You really do have to turn to your experts in various places, including Newport, to pull together those capabilities,” Budden said. “Smart, committed people like you have made that investment of time
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