view original / projecttimes.com In the pressure filled world of managing programs and projects, it is a healthy thing to take a break, look at the world around us, and reflect. One major source of reflection can be the approach our beloved pets take to life, and the tasks they look to tackle. Like project leaders, dogs …
White House Taps Welsh To Be Air Force Chief Of Staff
Washington Post May 11, 2012 Pg. 12 By Craig Whitlock The White House has nominated Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, the commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and a former senior official at the CIA, to be the next Air Force chief of staff. Welsh's selection to lead the Air Force was announced Thursday …
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Ever have one of those weeks? No...not one of those...but...one of these...where EVERYTHING goes just right? I am a car guy...and have a 1966 GT350 which I love to work on. Sometimes...every once in a while--you turn the key and she just purrs...the glass packs resonate perfectly, tap the gas a couple times and there …
Governments’ Innovation Barrier by David Paschane
View original / innovationexcellence.com It seems true that what we think about defines what we are capable of. I often hear that athletes, musicians, orators, and many others must see themselves accomplishing their goals in order to perform at their best. What is it that government employees think about, and how does that thinking shape …
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What Does “Professional” Look Like Today? by Allison Fine
view original / blogs.hbr.org According to a Booz & Company/Buddy Media survey released last October of more than 100 large companies, only a third have a senior executive charged with overseeing social media. And just over a third (38%) reported social media as a CEO-level agenda item. There are nearly a billion people on Facebook — just about everyone, …
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Pentagon Sticks With Blackberry
Washington Wire (wsj.com) May 9, 2012 By Will Connors Research in Motion Ltd. may have lost droves of consumers to Apple Inc.’s iPhone and devices run off Google Inc.’s Android. But on Wednesday it won a vote of confidence from one big customer: the Pentagon. RIM, in a statement Wednesday, said the U.S. Department of …
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Air Force OKs Preliminary Design For Boeing’s Refueling Tanker
Seattle Times May 9, 2012 By Dominic Gates, Seattle Times aerospace reporter Boeing said Tuesday its KC-46 aerial-refueling-tanker program has completed a preliminary design review with the U.S. Air Force, an early milestone in the jet's development.The review determined that Boeing's preliminary design meets the Air Force's system requirements and allows it to proceed with …
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Kerry: Time To Consider Safe Zones And Arming The Opposition In Syria By Josh Rogin
The Cable (thecable.foreignpolicy.com) May 8, 2012 The United States needs to do more to protect civilians in Syria, including considering setting up safe zones inside Syria and potentially arming the opposition, Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman John Kerry (D-MA) told The Cable in an interview Tuesday. Kerry also warned that if the balance of power …
A 1937 Detailed Prediction Of Hitler’s Strategy In Eastern Europe by Brian Resnick
businessinsider.com / view original Hitler with generals Paulus and von Bock in Poltawa, German-occupied Ukraine, June 1942 Two years before the Nazi invasion of Poland, an Atlantic author made country-by-country predictions about Germany's eastward expansion. In 1937, Hitler's military intentions were becoming increasingly clear. He had already ascended to the top of the German government and instilled in the …
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