Risky Bulletin Sponsored: What it means to be a learning organisation
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Mar 8, 2026 Marco Slaviero, CTO of Thinkst, leads technical research and product work. He discusses Thinkst Labs and how it fosters learning and researcher development. He describes Thinkscapes, AI and tooling projects, and how labs build POCs to shape product decisions. He previews new deception token types and approaches to scaling fake credentials for detection.
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Thinkst Makes Learning A Core Operational Function
- Thinkst treats being a learning organisation as a core value and created a dedicated Thinkst Labs to keep the company at the forefront of security research.
- Labs surveys thousands of external papers and publishes the quarterly Thinkscapes to share curated research and learning for free.
Coach Internal Talks To Build Public Researchers
- Use internal talk programs to build staff research and presentation skills before expecting external talks.
- Thinkst Labs coaches employees through research, talk design, practice, and delivery so juniors can progress to public speaking.
Treat Labs As A Cost Center For Safe Exploration
- Labs functions as an R&D cost center exploring tech like AI and internal knowledge tooling rather than a revenue driver.
- Outcomes vary: prototypes may enter Canary, or produce blog posts explaining why an idea failed and what was learned.