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view original / Fast Company A crime scene investigation is underway to investigate a death. This is not an average death, this is the death of creative thinking. You see while IQ levels have been rising owing to enriched environments (the Flynn effect), creativity scores have actually been falling over time. After analyzing up to …
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Washington Post June 17, 2012 Pg. 7 Mission shrouded in secrecy stirs speculation over craft's purpose Associated Press LOS ANGELES--An unmanned Air Force space plane steered itself to a landing early Saturday at a California military base, capping a 15-month clandestine mission. The spacecraft, which was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida …
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MiamiHerald.com June 17, 2012 By Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor and Kimberly Dozier, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- After a decade of costly conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American way of war is evolving toward less brawn, more guile. Drone aircraft spy on and attack terrorists with no pilot in harm's way. Small teams of …
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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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Blogger's Note: AMEN! "We think we have all the answers, and maybe we do, but that doesn't matter. No one cares how much you know until they first know how much you care about them." So how you doing with that? view original / inc.com / Jeff Haden Great leaders don't need to struggle to motivate, inspire, and lead …
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Blogger's note: Still struggling with Policy vs Strategy....perhaps I am too narrowly focused on military strategy and not on spending strategy, but this is a spending policy with some strategic "guidance.".... not sure there is a strategy to back up the spending end state. Any thoughts? ... Really like Haddick's combination of history and current …
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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Washington Post June 14, 2012 Pg. 17 Fine Print "The face of war, the face of how we do business, is changing." That's retired Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright, former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sharing how he sees the military's future at a National Press Club session for reporters Tuesday. Cartwright, …
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Blogger's note: what ever happened to the pivot East? Danger Room (Wired.com) June 14, 2012 Danger Room: What's Next In National Security After years of sending drones and commandos into Pakistan, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta last week finally admitted the obvious: The US is “fighting a war” there. But American robots and special forces aren’t …
.Washington Times June 13, 2012 Pg. B4 West has more to lose than gain by intervening As the Syrian government makes increasingly desperate and vicious efforts to keep power, pleas for military intervention, more or less on the Libyan model, have become more insistent. This course is morally attractive, to be sure. But should Western …
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