CEO & Cofounder Watch Duty San Francisco, California
Everyone talks about innovation, but in public safety, bad ideas don’t just waste money and time; they risk lives. Most technologies are built for firefighters instead of with them, or just as troublesome, built by firefighters without technologists and product developers. John Mills, Cofounder & CEO of Watch Duty, cuts through the noise to challenge the myths driving today’s fire tech industry, showing how curiosity and partnership leads to innovation. He’ll explore how unconventional perspectives and disciplined failure have created breakthrough tools that matter on the fireground. Leaders will leave with a sharper lens for evaluating new tech and the voices shaping it; plus a candid, actionable look at what builders and chiefs must do differently. If the fire service really wants to innovate, we must instill a culture of experimentation by trail and error because failure isn’t getting knocked down, it’s not getting back up.
