Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Defense became the latest agency to adopt a burgeoning start-up boot camp pioneered by the National Science Foundation’s Errol Arkilic.
In 2011, Arkilic reached out to Steve Blank, a Stanford University professor who would soon be one of Silicon Valley’s most influential innovators.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2018/02/05/i-corps-startup-science/#.WnmmcK6nF1s/
There is no doubt about it, UX is a hot topic. Some say it is design thinking, others call it user-centered design. But no matter how you describe it, UX will be a major force going forward.
https://customerthink.com/has-user-experience-research-been-eating-too-much-junk-food/