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DeM Banter: Great piece with some stellar quotes from senior leaders. As is the case with just about everything today...there are no easy answers...things have to change, but the solutions are not clear. As I read, I have to ponder what does this mean for the next generation of military leaders...particularly those cadets in college …
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DeM Banter: Increasingly funding will become an issue... Yahoo.com/Agence France-Presse July 29, 2012 For over a decade US fighter pilots have become accustomed to "owning the sky" in wars against insurgents who have no air defenses, but now the air force is trying to get back to basics reminding pilots how to fly against a …
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DeM Banter: So...which of the four scenarios is most likely? Should we start with odds? Thoughts? Defense News July 30, 2012 Pg. 1 1-Year Budget Deal Would Buy More Time Increasingly concerned that time is running out for the U.S. Congress to avoid $500 billion in automatic defense cuts, the Pentagon is assessing all options, …
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view original / blogs.hbr.org Every company is looking for the magic formula that will produce breakthrough products and services. But a better starting point is to think about what gets in the way of innovation, especially in firms that already have lots of talented, creative, and motivated people. In other words, by identifying and removing …
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View Original / Financial Times / Condoleezza Rice In this young century, the 9/11 attacks, the global financial crisis and the unrest in the Arab world have struck at the heart of vital US interests. If Americans want the tectonic plates of the international system to settle in a way that makes the world safer, …
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DeM Banter: We need to know what the boss is thinking, no matter where you are at in your career...agree or disagree, these are issues we all face...this is an important piece. National Journal July 28, 2012 Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, on how to cut nearly $500 billion and still keep …
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DeM Banter: tragic situation but without a clear, crisp, concise, strategy this could rapidly escalate to what Friedman mentioned in his article. Also interesting that The London Telegraph reported the US would not engage until after the election. Curious where the funding will come from as well...clearly there are no easy answers here...there is risk …
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fastcompany.com / view original DeM Banter: Hopefully you are not the idea killer....but are you an innovator & what kind...it's got me thinking... Innovation is essential to keeping an organization alive--everyone knows that. Then why do so few companies innovate? Part of the answer is that it's very hard for people who are invested in the current …
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Morning Advantage: View Original / HBR Blog Network DeM Banter: Sounds strangely familiar... 5:00 AM July 25, 2012 Most executives teams are surprisingly weak when it comes to strategy thinking, note Michael Birshan and Jayanti Kar in McKinsey Quarterly. Some leaders reach the C-suite because of functional expertise. Others are stronger on execution than on strategic thinking. …
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DeM Banter: "In the Middle East, the alternative to bad is not always good. It can be worse." - Thomas Friedman. A million assumptions here...not sure I am buying it and I sure wish I knew who wrote it. Libya is in free fall....and are we defining success off what? American lives lost? Money sunk? …
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