Scary Monsters, Wicked Learning Environments and Super Creeps: Can They Help The Military?

Scary monsters, super creepsKeep me running, running scaredScary monsters, super creepsKeep me running, running scared. --David Bowie I  was listening to a podcast the other day where I  heard the term wicked learning environment.  Now, I have heard of wicked problems, Wicked the play, we all know wicked people, the wicked witch, and of course …

Exploring and Leading in the Unknown: Adventures in Futures Literacy

Futures literacy is the ability to think about and understand the future in a meaningful and constructive way. This involves being able to anticipate and plan for future events, as well as to understand and consider the potential consequences of various actions and decisions. It also involves being able to think critically and creatively about …

Wondering Where The Lions Are: Strategy, Eisenhower, and The Peace of Solarium

DeM Banter:  As mentioned in the ABSTRACT POST, and Chapter 1: in 2007-08 I was fortunate enough to serve as a National Security Affairs Fellow with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.  An outstanding year spent with some of the foremost personalities in National Security on both the Right and the Left sides of the aisle.  While there …

An Instrument of the System, an Agent of Change, and the Epistemology of Ignorance:  Neo DeMarconian Banter

We're not gonna take itNo, we ain't gonna take itWe're not gonna take it anymore We've got the right to choose, andThere ain't no way we'll lose itThis is our life, this is our songWe'll fight the powers that be, justDon't pick on our destiny, 'causeYou don't know us, you don't belong -Twisted Sister, We're …