I was grazing through our local blogs at the college and came acoss this posting that described a 2 day leadership seminar that our college (US Army Command & General Staff College) hosted for leaders and members of the local community. Among other insights, there was a fruitful dialogue on the challenges, insights and techniques of […]
Category: Creativity
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it” (Y. Berra)
Professor Roubini is the new “it” guy for economists, a pretty interesting character. he says the following, which is full of win. The government finds itself in the position of trying to coax people back into the same behaviors that they were engaged in before, so that all the people who earned their livelihood on supporting […]
Reflection on the “art of military logistics”
Reflecting outloud on a discussion I am having with a SAMS officer who is inquiring into doctrinal considerations of educating for the “art of logistics” based on his experiences in Afghanistan. In the same way that I think defining “science” for the purposes of the thesis is important, I think defining “the art of […]
My dad in France on a recent trip
Educational excellence in the Information Age
As we look at curriculum as part of our annual review, we have to consider how do we accomodate as much flexibility as possible for students and instriuctors (with their variety of interests, expereinces, and needs) and the institutional requirement to have field grade officers competent at some level with managing the existing system. What’s the […]
Systems models for classroom learning
I had an opportunity to spend quality time with Mark Prensky, examining the utility of the educational value of games. He made an excellent point that games designed by teachers to be educational are extremely boring when compared with commercially available educational games. It’s as if our children can sense that the teacher’s games are […]
Keep going!
There is a Moment in every closely contested MMA or judo match when both guys think they are losing and are almost lost. They have taken themselves right to the edge, and they can see what the other guy can do to win. It is not unusual for that moment to happen simultaneously in close matches. […]
Ready, Fire, Aim for chaotic markets
this picture and concept map reflects our emerging trading technique for chaotic markets, affectionately called, Ready-Fire-Aim which takes measured action within a framework of understanding, with finetuning for position sizing once we are in the trade and it begins to unfold
A reflection on Quality vs Validity in Action Research
How is concern for quality different from concern for validity in conventional social science? Conventional science, and by extension, conventional social science ,are concerned with reproducability, validity and objectivity. As such, principles of rigor and falsifiability are important components of any research, which come from a 3d person point of view, where the researcher remains […]
Profitable ETF Trading techniques: Systems thinking for traders
The purpose of this article is to review some of the highlights of systems thinking. My focus will be on practical applications and rules of thumb, rather than trying to develop a scholarly article which would only be of interest to … well, scholars! I will make every effort to do you no intellectual harm, […]