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innovationexcellence.com / view original DeM Banter: Yes, I know I have the penchant for being a bit of a geek... come on man, I have light sabers in my office! But there is much truth in the article below and we see it day to day in our organization. We also see it in the individuals/future leaders …
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DeM Banter: always enjoy Gen Welsh's thoughts, words, and vision...odd note for him to end on, ...And at some point in the future, the Air Force “will be the best Air Force in the world.” Would like to see that transcript... AirForceTimes.com February 21, 2013 ORLANDO, Fla. — Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark …
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DeM Banter: Interesting piece. A couple thoughts, if we assume RPAs are the scalpel of warfare, we can then assume we will see more drones employed. We are hearing UAE will purchase several "unarmed" Predators...of course these can be modified... news reports the Chinese using drones to hunt drug dealers in China with armed drones. …
It has been several years now that I have been interested in pulling apart the Crisis, Complexity and Confusion (C3) we increasingly find ourselves living in. About the best I have come up with in doing so is to engage in Communication, Collaboration, and Creative thinking (3Cs). I see much of the C3 in the …
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DeM Banter: always love a good historical analogy...this is a good one. Welcome to the information revolution and the new lines of logistics... Politico.com February 19, 2013 Opinion Contributor To state the painfully obvious, Washington is not a town filled with much unanimity these days. But on one subject there is common ground: the recognition …
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DeM Banter: “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” -SunTzu Great points below...Col (ret) Andrew Bacevich points out...“There’s a fundamental need to have a conversation about what kind of military we need to have and what we should expect it to do.” The cuts in …
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We all have probably used the term High Maintenance in reference to a friend, a sibling, a girlfriend/boyfriend...but what about leaders? What about yourself? I came across an interesting article in Forbes by Cheryl Conner that lays out 13 traits of high maintenance people...and I immediately thought of several General Officers, former bosses...and then I …
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DeM Banter: I have read many of Huntington's books, but just recently came across this one (as mentioned in an earlier post). "Who Are We?" was published just four years before Dr Huntington's passing... and as you will note below...was a bit controversial--as were many of his other books. Honestly at times it is disturbing how …
DeM Banter: It is interesting that we have to look to overseas news outlets for the best reporting on American issues. The politics of this issue are blinding many to the facts... the DoD might be screaming... they might be getting blamed for not planning...but no matter how you slice and dice it... there will be impacts …
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DeM Banter: Nice article ... although I still look at the two leadership types as "Greater Good" and "Personal Power," but I do like the incremental vs disruptive leader as well. Wonder how to parse those? I think one could put those together..but could you have a Personal Power / Disruptive Leader? It might seem …
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