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blogs.hbr.org / view original DeM Banter: Still a bit frustrated that we still don't seem to "get it," we still hang on to the ways of the not so distant past...but that too shall pass...we need to embrace and guide the future. When I say, "Social is and can be more than media," people resist. It's as …
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View Original DeM Banter: thanks Javie for sending the article...believe we need to examine ways to teach the craft of leadership in more intentional ways Doug Conant was the president and CEO of Campbell Soup Company from 2001 to 2011, reversing the firm’s precipitous decline in market value and employee engagement. Conant joined Campbell Soup …
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DeM Banter: always interesting...can our "strategy" and doctrine keep up? What about our JAGs? Who writes, arbitrates, and establishes laws for such equipment and capability? Agence France-Presse September 28, 2012 The US military's current fleet of drones will soon be overtaken by a new wave of robots that will be faster, stealthier and smarter -- …
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DeM Banter: ....profound....as Sgt Raab says..."This is uncomfortable, isn’t it? Then I guess we’d better start talking....." At War (NYTimes.com) September 27, 2012 Sometimes we think it’s better to linger in silence, hoping that our problems will go away. But when we don’t talk about our problems, they get worse. And we get worse, too …
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DeM Banter: Absolutely love this stuff... but we have been hearing it for so long and nothing seems to move...and we have to continually adjust for reality and budgets. Is this a concept shaped by a threat or is it a strategy shaped by budget? Only ask, because those two end states will look very …
DeM Banter: many thoughts and issues generated from this piece by LtGen Barno...one thought: what does this mean for Airpower? Sounds like we will be hanging around for a while (not a huge surprise). Another thought: was the AFG Surge a success? Or was it too mirrored on the Bush surge in Iraq against a …
DeM Banter: as I review the news this AM...I can't help but ponder how these stories....only a few clicks apart not be sending some very strange international messages....thoughts? Wondering where the lions are.... NationalJournal.com September 24, 2012 Analysis The United States, Iran are on a collision course, and neither side is blinking. In an endless …
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DeM Banter: as I review the news this AM...I can't help but ponder how these stories....only a few clicks apart not be sending some very strange international messages....thoughts? Wondering where the lions are.... Battleland (Time.com) September 24, 2012 Separating Sequestration's Facts from Fiction (Part One of Five) In recent months, concerns over sequestration and its …
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By J. William DeMarco Huge issue... so many of us think of leadership in terms of position... i.e. I am the manager.... I am the CEO... so I am a leader or positional leadership vice authentic leadership. Many others see leadership only in terms of action...you know these people... LOOK at me... I'M LEADING! Leadership …
DeM Banter: Nice piece combining history with the current pol-mil situation. New York Times September 24, 2012 Pg. 23 THE murder of four Americans in Libya and mob assaults on the United States’ embassies across the Muslim world this month have reminded many of 1979, when radical Islamists seized the American mission in Tehran. There, …
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