I attended the WASP – Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program Winter Conference in Örebro earlier this week, and came away from it inspired by the excellent research from the students in their PhD school and the real world impact of their alumni in industry and startups. (2/6)

During the train ride home, I noodled on an idea that you might find useful for mapping innovation and hustle. Those who attended the ELLIS Institute Finland launch event might recall Max Welling and me riffing on this idea during a fireside chat with Peter Sarlin 🚀 (3/6)

The TRL (Technology Readiness Level) scale ranges from 1 to 9, and captures a technology's maturity, from basic research (TRL 1) to proven, operational use (TRL 9). It's a useful ladder when talking about innovation, but I propose that we combine it with a new LFG (Let's F@&king Go!) scale. (4/6)

The LFG scale also ranges from 1 to 9, and represents organizational will, from low-stakes exploration (LFG 1) to Manhattan Project intensity (LFG 9). If TRL is the potential energy, then LFG is the kinetic energy. (5/6)