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inc.com / view original / Jeff Haden DeM Banter: More from Jeff Haden... always good, always powerful...love this stuff...even more when we are talking about badasses...we really don't want too many, but believe I am safe in saying... we DO INDEED NEED MORE... You know the type: They do things other business owners only dream of doing--and usually …
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What in the heck is an interrobang? Well… it used to be a key on a typewriter… An interrobang is an exclamation point inside a question mark. This punctuation mark can ask a question in an excited manner, express excitement or disbelief in the form of a question, or ask a rhetorical question. American Martin K. …
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DeM Banter: now who doesn't like C3PO in a Nats Cap...but still pondering what this looks like in a decade with no solid strategy or plan as we move forward with drones in the Air, under the Sea, and on the Ground...could just be me. Washington Post October 10, 2012 Pg. 19 In The Loop …
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DeM Banter: when all you have is a hammer...everything looks like a nail...perhaps we are still using Industrial Revolution type tools to fight in an Information Age...something to ponder...Greater Things... Los Angeles Times October 9, 2012 Pg. 11 A great power without a significant enemy? That's what the U.S. has become. Osama bin Laden is …
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Having just returned from Catalyst...an amazing Christian leadership conference where 13,000 leaders from across the United States and around the world converged on Atlanta—truly a revolution of ideas that challenged the process and encouraged all to think unconventionally...but, now I am forced to sit and ponder--what do I do with all that I have learned, …
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DeM Banter: Still wondering how that pivot to the East is going? The message is confusing to say the least...we are pivoting East (well notionally)...with massive strategic issues still in the Middle East....and cutting defense--There are no easy solutions and we need to make some tough choices. Washington Post October 8, 2012 Pg. 19 Before …
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DeM Banter: As my good friend Nick...Nick Lowe always says..."And so it goes...and where it's goin'... no one knows" Apologies to my Navy counterparts... no idea if the photo is really what the Navy is working with....there are a myriad of AUV photos out there. As always...pondering what the Air, Land, and Sea world of …
inc.com/ view original DeM Banter: Clear, simple, concise... that was is great about Sam Bacharach's piece below. We have spent a good bit of time at work discussing characteristics we would like to see in next generation leaders as well...this list seem to apply to the POTUS, entrepreneurs, military commanders...and our up and coming new leaders. …
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entrepreneur.com / view original DeM Banter: Some love him, some... not so much... but you can't deny that Jack Welch is influential. Love the quote below..."You build the best team, you win." Not sure sure all organizations understand or embrace the concept...but where WE can influence... we certainly should and must..where can you influence and build a …
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DeM Banter: not sure I buy the entire argument below...but I do know Cultural Understanding is of an extreme importance...something we pondered years ago while at Hoover/Stanford. But what is interesting here is how the enemy evolves...and that is key...where we see innovation is needed to counter innovation....but our innovation is hindered by an Industrial …
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