There is no better time in history to be an idiot than right now. Never before have so many people believed that if you work hard and apply the right techniques, you can upgrade your brain and become a nonidiot. For decades, intelligence was thought to be fixed from birth, like eye color. you're born smart …
Transparency is the New Leadership Imperative
By DORIE CLARK What kind of leaders do we need today? Steve Jobs — mysterious, charismatic, intriguing — is often cited as one of the recent greats, and there are clearly benefits to his style. A recent study showed that leaders like him — those perceived as having an almost magical aura — are seen as visionary, with employees and …
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Do The Brass Support The Obama Defense Budget?
The Iron Triangle Some conservatives keep citing dissenters in the Pentagon who don't want the budget cut. If that's true, it's time we heard from them. By Kevin Baron While you were on spring break, the growing divide between GOP defense hawks and the generals cracked open into a virtual Grand Canyon. First, House Budget …
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Peak Intel: How So-Called Strategic Intelligence Actually Makes Us Dumber
by Eric Garland An industry that once told hard truths to corporate and government clients now mostly just tells them what they want to hear, making it harder for us all to adapt to a changing world -- and that's why I'm leaving it. I recently quit my job as a "futurist" and "strategic intelligence …
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5 Tips for Managing Millennial Employees by Michael A. Olguin
Motivating the millennial generation is key to business success. Here are five tips to inspire and motivate the new working class. Given that more than 60 percent of my staff is comprised of millennials, I feel abundantly qualified to share what I have learned over the last 20 years in business when it comes to …
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If You Want To Get Creative, Take A Page From Caine’s Arcade
By SAM HARRISON For pure creativity in motion, there's nowhere better to look than to kids. A great example is Caine Monroy, a 9-year-old boy in L.A. who built an amazing cardboard arcade inside his dad’s used auto parts store during summer vacation. Here are six takeaways from “Caine’s Arcade” to help inspire creativity in you and those …
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Secrets of the Most Productive People I Know
The path to productivity is not a new assistant or project management software. It's these four shared characteristics. by Margaret Heffernan Like most everyone else, I worry about productivity. Since there aren't more hours in the day, how can I get more done? That's made me reflect on the truly productive people I've known or worked with …
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U.S. Foreign Policy and Inflated Threats
by Micah Zenko On February 15, General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the House Armed Services Committee: “I can’t impress upon you that in my personal military judgment, formed over thirty-eight years, we are living in the most dangerous time in my lifetime, right now.” Two weeks later, during a …
World More Dangerous, Top General Tells Harvard
By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff WASHINGTON -- The nation's top military officer told Harvard's Kennedy School Thursday that despite the death of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the exit of longtime dictators from the world stage, and no mortal enemy in the form of a nation-state the United States is more vulnerable. Army General …
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What’s Your Best Leadership Advice?
By Kneale Mann That is a question I posted as a recent Facebook status update. Leadership isn’t easy and it takes skill, patience, time and experience. Here are the insightful responses Elizabeth Grattan: Be sure there are people actually following you. 😉 Maureen Turner Rasmussen: Listen. Vivian Vasquez: Definitely listen. Maryse Senecal: Lead by example, …
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