The Pentagon is taking cues from tech executives about how to nurture a culture of innovation.
The Defense Department will seek out a chief innovation officer to oversee programs designed to encourage employees to solve problems creatively, the Pentagon announced last week.
The move comes at the recommendation of the Defense Innovation Board, chaired by Google Alphabet's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and includes Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, LinkedIn Co-founder Reid Hoffman and celebrity astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Image: Defense Secretary Ash Carter meets with Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google parent company Alphabet and new chairman of the first DoD Innovation Advisory Board. // Defense Department
