New York Times April 19, 2012 NATO can be proud of the role it played in supporting the overthrow of Libya’s murderous dictator, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. But the alliance’s own confidential assessment, reported in The Times on Sunday, pointed out that European members, who were among the first to call for military action, could never …
Top 10 Most Misunderstood Lines in Literary History by JF Sargent
There’s no better way to sound smart than by dropping a perfectly timed quote from some well-respected literature. It shows that you’re both well-read and possess the stunning intellect to memorize whole chunks of books in the off chance that you might need it at some point (and barely anyone ever considers the implication that you just …
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12 Most Inescapable Leadership Teachings by David M. Dye
Leadership is a journey where the first steps are often the most difficult. Throughout that journey you learn through your own experiences and the lessons of others. However, those early lessons are often the most critical. These 12 most inescapable leadership teachings are a combination of both types of learning: wisdom gained from early mentors …
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Leadership, Culture or Strategy – Which one wins?
by Susan Radojevic, theleadershiphub.com Since the year 2000, we have been in what experts are now calling “the Creativity Age”, where technology, information and ease of global connections are accelerating the creation of new ideas at a record pace. Change like this can only mean one thing – opportunity! To seize this opportunity and gain …
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Flight Aborted 392 Feet Before Landing Because Pilot Was Texting
By Leslie Horn It's pretty widely accepted that you shouldn't text and operate a vehicle. Especially when that vehicle is a commercial aircraft. Apparently one pilot, though, hasn't taken that advice to heart. And he almost killed a few hundred people because of it. Upon arrival in Singapore, Jetstar flight JQ57 had to abort its …
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Disruptive Thinkers: The PME Debate Needs More Informed Thinkers
by Mike Mazarr LT Benjamin Kohlmann’s piece in SWJ (“The Military Needs More Disruptive Thinkers”) is a fascinating and provocative essay. It’s partly about the need for radical thinkers to disrupt military and defense bureaucracies—but much of the commentary targets professional military education (PME), and these parts of the essay share many of the characteristics …
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12 Things Highly Productive People Do Differently
by Marc and Angel Hack Life: http://www.marcandangel.com “Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, add what is specifically your own.” – Bruce Lee Being highly productive is not an innate talent; it’s simply a matter of organizing your life so that you can efficiently get the right things done. So, what behaviors define highly productive …
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Why You Won’t Get Breakthrough Innovation by Being Nice by Simon Rucker
If you want to create a really transformational innovation, you'd better be in an organization that's designed to support, not merely tolerate, someone as challenging as Steve Jobs. Otherwise forget it. "No Simon," I know many of you are thinking, "that's not how it works these days: Innovation is all about flat structures, empathy, co-creation..." — you …
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Disruptive Thinkers: The Disruptive Poets Society by Grant Martin
How The Dead Poets Society Advocated Disruptive Thinkers, Why DoD Shouldn't Encourage More Disruptive Thinkers, and 10 Principles for Those That do Think Disruptively Dead Poets Society In the movie Dead Poets Society, Robin Williams plays a private school English teacher who attempts to encourage his students to think for themselves. He encourages them with …
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