Tamara Carleton

⚠️ A must-read for government managers and policymakers at the @EU_Commission, @EU_EISMEA, & other agencies keen on moonshots!

What's the ARPA Model, and is Europe still in the warm-up phase? 🚀 Share your honest reaction after reading our latest #BuildingMoonshots newsletter. buildingmoonshots.substack.com/p/whats-the-ar…

What type of people should govt agencies and other orgs hire if they are serious about big ideas and radical innovation? Learn what matters to moonshot groups like @DARPA, @EU_Commission (EIC), and @Theteamatx.👉Your fast read at buildingmoonshots.substack.com/p/finding-visi… #BuildingMoonshots #vision

Read our latest newsletter about the need for more utopian visions - and how a moonshot often offers a vision of a better, brighter world ahead at buildingmoonshots.substack.com/p/who-is-imagi… 🚀#BuildingMoonshots

Imagine a world... 💭 These are powerful words that open the imagination. Who in your country is sharing visions of a positive future? Where have you seen great visions of a better utopian world?

3️⃣ I led a day of moonshots at @Google Switzerland during their annual staff Consumer Summit 🚀 ...and I'm now relaxing with coffee and planning some summer holiday☕

2️⃣ I was invited by @vinnovase to speak about being visionary and bold during #Almedalen2025, Sweden's famous annual political festival (who will call me back first? 😁)

My humble brag for an exciting last week! 🤩 1️⃣ I am now a three-time winner of the Top 50 Women Leaders in Education by #womenweadmire, alongside some amazing women - see link below 💃 thewomenweadmire.com/2025/06/the-to…

And here's the link> 🤦‍♀️buildingmoonshots.substack.com/p/how-can-team…

Get smarter with this 5min read! 🤓 Learn about the Ambiguity Curve, how people think about ambiguity (unk-unks anyone?), and where you (and your teams) sit on the curve. ⤴️ #BuildingMoonshots #ImpressYourFriends

Moonshots are all around us! Here's a short story on why @Humane's AI Pin was a brave and beautiful vision, making a bold step toward an ambient computing future 🚀🫱buildingmoonshots.substack.com/p/visionary-cr… #BuildingMoonshots

Honored & happy to announce that I am now a Distinguished Global Professor of Radical Innovation at TECNOLÓGICO DE MONTERREY - long seen as the MIT of Latin America. 🇲🇽

👐 Ping me with your thoughts & ideas! P.S. Two points if you can spot me in the video below! 👀 linkedin.com/posts/tec-scie…

Special projects include: 1️⃣ building the world's 1st public database of moonshots (plus grand challenges) as an open resource 🚀 2️⃣ developing an applied research ecosystem with Tec's industry+ partners 🏭 #facultyofexcellence #openscience #buildingmoonshots #needtolearnSpanish

How do moonshot funders bet big? ⚡ I recently spoke with the thoughtful Dr. @EricToone_, managing partner & technical leader at @Breakthrough Energy Ventures. Learn 3 lessons from his time at @ARPAE and BEV... 👉open.substack.com/pub/buildingmo…

And our paper has been in peer review for 8 months - what's been the longest review time for you??

👉"The framing of opportunity to provoke high risk-taking decisions for radical innovation" > doi.org/10.31219/osf.i… #decisionmaking #frontierresearch #radicalinnovation #openscience

Breaking new ground with @cockayne again... 💥See the #preprint of our 2024 study examining how govt agencies deliberately provoke RISK-TAKING behavior in potential applicants, specifically comparing solicitation language from: 1️⃣@NASA (NIAC) 2️⃣@DARPA 3️⃣@ARPAE (energy) 4️⃣@DIU_x

Time flies when you're having fun! 💃 But it's nice to pause and be reminded of things you did before... like my interview a year ago for @EITManufactur's #TheArtofMaking podcast. Here is their recap of my talk with @cockayne. See other speaker notes at linkedin.com/posts/eit-manu…