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“There is no way out of the imagined order. When we break our prison walls and run towards freedom, we are in fact running into the more spacious exercise yard of a bigger prison.” -Yuval Noah Harari Innovation is not about tech and it's not about tools--sorry business model canvas (mission model canvas), design thinking, …
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Leadership Strategy- in today's world of "leaders" it is often quickly set aside, disregarded, or viewed as antiquated. Perhaps it is my own baggage that I carry, but without strategy how does a leader know where s/he is going or where the organization is headed? That said, there is still something unseen in a true …
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“A critic is a legless man who teaches running” Channing Pollock “A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.” Kenneth Tynan (English theatre Critic, 1927-1980) “It is better to be making the news than taking it; to be an actor rather than a critic” Winston Churchill I guess as …
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All Along the Watchtower...can a remake, copy, be as good of better than the original? Innovation is not always about creating something entirely new. This is a great story--when you read what Bob Dylan had to say about Jimi Hendrix and what he did to the original version...two very different artists with incredible respect for …
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Wow… who does not love this song? It peaked at #71 on the UK singles chart, and was an elegy for Neil Young's first car, a 1948 Buick Roadmaster hearse. This was apparently a different hearse than the one Stills spotted Young driving around Los Angeles in 1966 which led to the formation of Buffalo Springfield. Neil's beloved Pontiac hearse, "Mort" (a.k.a. "Mortimer …
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“A nation of warriors and fanatics, marching forward in perfect unity, all thinking the same thoughts and shouting the same slogans, perpetually working, fighting, triumphing, persecuting - three hundred million people all with the same face.” - George Orwell - 1984 Could just be me (a lot of times...it is) but don't we need …
An updated version of this post can be found published with GiANT Worldwide as well. ________________________________________________________ “Now is not a time for sadness and despair, but a time for heroes, champions, in great deeds” -anonymous We talk about heroes, and we all have certain images come to mind. It might be an image of …
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By J. William DeMarco Status quo or in Latin statu quo is literally..."the state in which." Several years ago I attended commander's conference hosted by a Major General. The General was quick to make the point that there are three kinds of commanders: 1) Those that make the organization better 2) Those that make the …
Over the past few weeks I have been doing a good bit of reading, thinking, and note-taking on the USAF’s Core Values of integrity, excellence, and service, and thought it time to actually try to come up with something worthy of writing and then I came across a couple thoughts while reading a Bible study. …
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