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DeM Banter:  Just pondering where this ends? How long until other countries are doing the same thing... what do we say at that point? wired.com / view original November 9th, 2012 Forget Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and all the other secret little warzones. The real center of the U.S. drone campaign is in plain sight — on the …

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 inc.com / view original DeM Banter:  WHAT!  No fried food? Good notes...and advice If you want to be the best in your industry, you have to get rid of your outdated management style. You might not feel it day-to-day, but business management is in a major transition. The old days of command-and-control leadership are fading in favor …

Continue reading "10 Leadership Practices to Stop Today by Paul Spiegelman"

DeM Banter:  The continued RISE of the drones... my crystal ball says... there will be a lot more of this as we attempt to drive costs down...not that there is not an initial huge cost in these robots, but over time... savings could be realized, but what does that do for the ethics of war? …

Continue reading "MOVE OVER, DRONES: U.S. NAVY TESTS NEW ROBOTIC BOAT FOR FIRING MISSILES FROM AFAR By Michael Walsh"

DeM Banter:  Life in the US Democracy... or should we say Republic, for or against the results, that's largely irrelevant now... as always, we must focus on the strategic... So... we all ready for this?   Wall Street Journal November 7, 2012 Pg. 15 President Barack Obama's reelection will provide him with little time to celebrate in the …

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DeM Banter:  Call this the "toothpaste theory," if you squeeze the tube it is going to go somewhere... Wall Street Journal October 23, 2012 Pg. 17 Across the Middle East and South Asia, the group isn't dead or dying but on the rise. With Afghanistan the forgotten war this election season, many Americans might be …

Continue reading "AL QAEDA IS MAKING A COMEBACK By Jack Keane"

View Original / TIM KREIDER DeM Banter:  An article passed to me by Linda Poteat.  When I first read the article... I could not help but sense Tim was bragging about what a great life he has...but then I harkened back to a post I wrote a while back...No time to think (NT3), and I know--we …

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View Original/Fast Company DeM Banter:  To some this is so obvious, yet to others it is the sign of sheer radical and crazy mad behavior.  Strategy is huge!  Increasingly we justify a lack of strategy with constant change...that is no excuse.  As an organization--BIG, small, dominant, or tiny  (and buried in a massive bureaucracy) we …

Continue reading "Experimentation Is The New Planning by Dave Gray"

view original / navytimes.com DeM Banter:  Research matters.... I think... interesting to see if anyone cares besides the military... thoughts?  On the last night of the Democratic National Convention, a retired Navy four-star took the stage to pay tribute to veterans. Behind him, on a giant screen, the image of four hulking warships reinforced his patriotic message. …

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View Original / Forbes / Mike Myatt DeM Banter:  I would only offer, this goes beyond business to government, to the military, to life... and it makes me wonder...it really makes me wonder (come on when all else fails and you run out of words...quote Zeppelin)  Why do businesses fail? If you’re willing to strip away all …

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