view original / fastcompany.com / AARON LEVIE A fascinating trend is consuming Silicon Valley and beginning to eat away at rest of the world:the radical simplification of everything. Want to spot the next great technology or business opportunity? Just look for any market that lacks a minimally complex solution to a sufficiently large problem. Take book publishing, for instance. Or …
How to Be a Horrible Boss by Diego Basch
view original / diegobasch.com / Diego Basch I've been working in the tech sector for over two decades now. That means I've had more bosses than I can remember. The ones who left an indelible impression in my brain were in the extremes: either great or horrible. There are many books written about how to be a great …
The Innovation Equation: (C + Ap + Im) = In
By J. William DeMarco Innovation = Curiosity + Appreciation + Imagination Came across this equation a good while ago... placed it on a 3x5 card and reflect on it often--probably deserves some deeper thought. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” - Steve Jobs Curiosity is an emotion related to natural inquisitive behavior such …
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Turning Strategic Ambiguity into Strategic Clarity
View original / by Deloitte? By leveraging the planning and performance management cycles as well as analytical capabilities, CFOs can minimize strategic ambiguity and establish strategic clarity for the organization and its stakeholders. In battle, strategic ambiguity can sometimes lead to disastrous results. At Gettysburg, for example, on the first day of the epic Civil …
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Military Airships: Hot Air or Soaring Promise? By David Axe
View original / David Axe / defense.aol.com The past decade has seen an unlikely revival of a long-grounded technology. Military airships, last operational with the U.S. Navy in the 1960s, took back to the skies, propelled by soaring demand for long-endurance, low-cost aerial surveillance in Iraq and Afghanistan. Per flight hour, an airship costs a …
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14 Lessons From Benjamin Franklin About Getting What You Want In Life
View Original / by Thea Easterby / Business Insider Benjamin Franklin was a man of action. Over his lifetime, his curiosity and passion fueled a diverse range of interests. He was a writer (often using a pseudonym), publisher, diplomat, inventor and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. His inventions included the lightning …
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Dropping Keys?
Talk about one or maybe three off... listening to a podcast in the gym this morning and the speaker mentioned the Persian Poem and Poet below... loved it! And Googleing the poem... I came across the Chris Guillebeau's blog..."The Art of Nonconformity" looks great! Exactly what came to mind on hearing the poem...but know I …
Note to Self: Subject: TIME
I wrote a note to myself and placed it under the glass of my desk... wrote this note a good while ago and I do not recall where I found the prose... read it close to everyday... thought I would share TIME will never find you... YOU have to find it YOU have to rescue …
Rethinking The Army Rebuilding the Big Green Machine after a decade of war
St. Louis Post-Dispatch April 30, 2012 Pg. 8 Our view . After nearly 10 years of relentless combat, the U.S. Army has begun to catch its breath and think about what's next. Army Chief of Staff Raymond T. Odierno, in an article published last Wednesday in the May/June edition of Foreign Affairs, writes that the …
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The Air Force We Need By Rep. Randy Forbes
Politico.com April 29, 2012 U.S. military superiority has helped maintain stability around the globe and keep peace for nearly 70 years. Our air superiority has meant that no U.S. soldier, sailor or marine has been killed by enemy airplanes in nearly six decades. Air power is now central to joint war-fighting and helped achieve our …
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