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 […]
Category: management
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 […]
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 […]
How can a trader be short term bullish in such a bear market?
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, […]
Profitable ETF trading strategies: adapting to chaos
When you find yourself in conditions of chaos, you discover that your robust systems are beginning to break down. They no longer perform as designed, simply because the volatility is greater than the system boundaries and feedback mechanisms can account for or moderate. Slack, buffers, filters and boundaries all work to dampen waves of change. […]
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 […]
Reflections on Ray Ison’s work in Systems Thinking in Action Research
Ison, R. (2008). Systems Thinking and Practice for Action Research. In P. Reason & H. Bradbury (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Action Research: Participative Inquiry and Practice (Second ed.). London: Sage Publications., Ltd. My masters work is in systems management, and Ison’s work struck a chord with me as well. His mind map of the […]