By J. William DeMarco In 2007-08 I was fortunate enough to be selected a a National Security Affairs Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. An outstanding year spent with some of the foremost personalities in National Security on both the Right and the Left sides of the aisle. While there we were required …
Creator or Reactor? DeMarco Banter
You can't react and create at the same time -Jeff Goins I heard this comment several days ago on a podcast... I love a powerful quote and the good ones just stick with me and I find myself rolling it around in my brain for days...just like a sour apple Blow Pop (remember those?). I …
Ode To Cheese
Great new work from that up and coming new teen poet... Luke DeMarco... great stuff! Ode To Cheese.
4 Keys in Developing our Replacements….
By J. William DeMarco Been sitting in the new job for about a week. There is a recuring thought that comes to me serveral times a day... are we doing a good job at developing leaders? I really don't have a firm answer yet, but ponder it often and am looking for data. The elevator …
Being Last…please just don’t give up on me…
By J. William DeMarco Yesterday we posted the 11 Ways You Allow Your Life to Suck by Jeff Haden... one thing that hit me huge was #3: 3. You don’t try to be last. Everyone likes to be first. But often it’s better to be last: The last to give up, the last to leave, the last …
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Get Over Yourself: 4 Voices of Vision
By J. William DeMarco Not sure why Vision is just a big deal for me. If we have leaders that do not point the way... we get caught in an eternal grind where status quo is the best we can hope for. I used to fly with a "crusty" old Major back in the early …
Who Do You Trust? What can leaders do about it?
Curated by J. William DeMarco "And now, folks, it's time for "Who do you trust!" Hubba, hubba, hubba! Money, money, money! Who do you trust? Me? I'm giving away free money. And where is the Batman? HE'S AT HOME WASHING HIS TIGHTS!" -The Joker Interesting how many articles and blog entries I have come across in …
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anti-creativity and mentoring
By J. William DeMarco (sort of) In my usual daily scan of articles, I came across an article about an article.... so in turn--I figured it was time to ponder an article about an article, about an article (stay with me here). The older I get, the more I ponder mentoring, education, and training... sometimes …
Where Have All the Geniuses Gone? 10 Keys to The Creative
By J. William DeMarco Our world is not black and white. It’s a world filled with shades of gray, with uncertainties and dilemmas. As leaders we need to embrace the gray and help others develop the creative wherewithal to understand and live in the grays--making tomorrow's leaders and the organization better. If we are to …
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The Power of Words…and being “Squared Away”
The piece below (with some modifications as to not offend the spiritually queazy) was used in a powerful way by LtCol Tom Torkelson at the 351ARS Change of Command 14 June 2012.... he was addressing what it means to be "squared away." The quote came from an anonymous young African pastor...found among his papers in …
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