http://theburningplatform.com/blog/2010/08/29/the-age-of-mammon-featured-article/ a very important read about crony capitalism by an acquaintance; i think the co-opting of politicians by business interests is a stain on our former republic. Finance has joined what was once an exclusive club of the military indutrial complex, which was joined by energy consortiums, exemplified by halliburton which was a combination of […]
Month: August 2010
A thought experiment in military logistics and visualization
Image via Wikipedia I am an instructor of logistics and resource operations, and a curriculum designer at the US Army Command & General Staff College at Ft Leavenworth. My 25 yrs of service were as an infantryman and a practitioner of brute force military logistics. having retired, I am trying to add rigor to my […]
A reflection on Panasonic’s annual plan for 2010
Image via Wikipedia Ken’s notes on Panasonic: http://panasonic.net/vision/amp/ is the link to Panasonic’s Anil annual management plan (AMP) Panasonic’s annual vision and strategy plan notes: the new Panasonic group is sorting out how to incorporate Sanyo electric Company into their business while maintaining their current management philosophy of “contributing to the progress and development of […]
Building a master Powerpoint file (or image dB) to support wide ranging discussions
Image via Wikipedia a terrific discussion here on the idea of having a 2500 slide Powerpoint master file my reflection: I use this exact technique when teaching Army Change Management and Army Sustainment i have over 500 slides that illustrate certain points, many of which are cleaned up versions of story-boarding explanations i have used to […]
Reflection on Mintzberg’s The Rise and fall of Strategic Planning (1994)
Image via Wikipedia Highlights from Mintzberg ‘s The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning Ch 1: planning and strategy. Mintzberg offers definitions in this chapter. He asks “Is strategy making simply a process of planning or is it simply an oxymoron? Should strategy always be planned, never be planned or sometimes be planned? What’s the […]
A self licking ice cream cone, funded by taxpayers
Image via Wikipedia A classic example of self-licking ice cream cones and how you can convince yourself that bad ideas are good ideas as long as you can fund them with other peoples money On Monday, District residents’ tax dollars went to pay Summer Youth Employment Program participants to attend a Council oversight session at […]