The verdict is finally in and it is clear that the Socialists have won this round in the battle for our economic future. Despite decades of rhetoric to the contrary, when push came to shove, leaders of both parties revealed their true colors by mortgaging our future and the future of our children for the sake […]
Month: September 2008
ETFs: 7 reasons you should get to know them
Exchanges Traded Funds (ETFs) are one of the most important and timely investment vehicles available to the trader and investor who wants to take control over their own financial future. Here are just a handful of the important qualities of ETFs you should be aware of. ETFs have useful variety. No matter what kind […]
The cost of the military industrial complex
I was reviewing an article by Jim Quinn at the most excellent blog “Seeking Alpha”, wherein he laid a fiscally conservative response to the apparent profligfate spending associated with international adventurism initiated by the neo-cons in the Bush Administration. Jim’s article prompted the following thoughts. full article at this link The concepts of opportunity cost, […]
Blogs: Your expertise offered painlessly to the world
As a teacher and researcher, and a subject matter expert in some aspects of military logistics, small unit management and leadership, I am constantly answering questions from current or former students on areas where they know I have some skill. I have been frustrated with providing similar answers to the same questions which have been […]
Planning for uncertainty and communicating intent
Is there anything in the 5 paragraph field order + annexes that promotes effective visualization in the mind of the reader?
a. it DOES support compartmentalized staff approach to managing a known, familiar type of problem that is well suited for an engineering solution. I can take the order apart, hand out annexes, have staff go to their cubby hole and comeback with the functional response in that lane, and then through the rehearsal & wargaming process check for goodness of fit at functional boundaries. But if I don’t have a well or semi-structured process, this method begins breaking down
Writing for the Web & Army Strategic Communication
re: strategic communication my belief is that Impact = Quality x exposure 300 great words in a comment section at the edge of the blogosphere has less effect than mediocre 300 words on a high traffic streetcorner. location, location, location writing for the web is different than academic writing. research shows book-like posts make people […]
plain english discussions of common web tool features: RSS, wikis
what’s the deal with wikis? what’s the deal with RSS? pretty thoughtful site for old fat dinosaurs trying to get into digital shape
Blogging in the classroom
Just attended an interesting presentation on the use of blogs by professors. Presenter was Jessica Lipnack from netage.com who described the history of blogging and new media and gave an example of Prof Andy McAfee from Harvard Business School who has fully engaged his students thru the planned use of blogs. Most of the dinosaurs […]
Reflections on the Military Decisionmaking Process: Preview
Research Question: What is the theoretical basis for the US Army’s proposed modification to the Military Decision Making Process (MDMP) and what are the issues of concern for practitioners of the art of military decision making? Background: The United States Army’s Military Decision-Making Process stands the test of time as a method for developing winning […]
A Reflection on Army Force Structure Decision-making
1. Introduction and background: In 1994, the United States Army began deciding how to organize itself for future battlefields where the enemy threat, organization and doctrine no longer had the certainty of the Cold War years. Historically, the Army analyzed a specific enemy in terms of size, composition, location, equipment, training, and tactics in order […]