In a thoughtful article about technology and modern warfare, Wired magazine traces the birth of network warfare, its promise and its reality, which from their perspective was a near failure in OIF/OEF in the nation building phase because of technology’s inability to engage thesocial networks that are crucial to stability operations. The article contributes to the […]
Category: leadership
Blogging for education: A Reflection on Ch 5, TRADOC Pam 525-3-7: The US Army Concept for the Human Dimension
Chapter 5, TRADOC Pam 525-3-7: The US Army Concept for the Human Dimension in FSO addresses The Cognitive Component- Training and Educating Soldiers. Among many insights in the excellent discussion, is the challenge to find creative ways to leverage digital technology in support of educational aims, particularly with a Millenial generation that is adept with […]
A reflection on Action Research in education (an inquiry in progress)
As part of my doctoral research at Colorado Tech, I am engaged in a prototype Action Research inquiry into our change managemnet curriculum. One of the outcomes of the preliminary rounds of action-feedback-reflection-planning, was the establishment of a blog that would serve multiple purposes in connecting various stakeholder groups and their needs to an emerging […]
A matter of scope: the US government goes all in
Terrorism goes all in: welcome to the new world order
a quick review: with a hat tip to Melanie Phillips at Jewish World Review The Mumbai attacks accomplish the following very efficiently: separates Muslims from infidels: Muslims were spared, infidels were slaughtered indiscriminantly no negotiations or demands: sends the message this is war and we dont care targetted India’s center of western commerce and economic […]
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. […]
A Reflection on 4 epistemologies (ways of knowing :P )
Distinguish among the 4 types of epistemology that Heron and Reason (Chapter 24) suggest. How will your work encourage multiple ways of knowing beyond just “propositional knowledge”? from The SAGE Handbook of Action Research (2d ed) by Reason and Bradbury (2008). London, SAGE Publications,
A new era: start doing your homework
the 5 big challenges coming sooner rather than later, geopolitically: 1. Russia & China challenge territorially 2. Iran gets a nuke 3. Israel either get attacked or pre-emptively attacked and generates a world crisis 4. Pakistan loses control of its nukes 5. NK or another rogue state acts out better start rehearsing the decisions now, […]
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 […]
5 Things traders can learn from America’s greatest fighter pilot
COL John Boyd , USAF was a national treasure. One of the most gifted and effective fighter pilots of all time, he went on to revolutionize the way the armed services thought about command, control and combat effectiveness on the modern chaotic battlefield. He was instrumental in reforming the process by which the Department of […]