I just reviewed an excellent paper by MAJ David S. Johnston, Ph.D. entitled “Reading, Writing and Strategic Thinking: Service Schools Fail to Develop Critical Reading Skills of Rising Leaders”. (paper available upon request) Just as there are many forms of writing that our officers will perform in their career, so too are there forms […]
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Finding the Hidden Power in Words
From an email that has been widely circulating the Internet: “The following is the 2007 winning entry from an annual contest at Texas A&M University calling for the most appropriate definition of a contemporary term. This year’s term was ‘ Political Correctness ‘. The winner wrote: ‘Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Hidden Power in Words
From an email that has been widely circulating the Internet: “The following is the 2007 winning entry from an annual contest at Texas A&M University calling for the most appropriate definition of a contemporary term. This year’s term was ‘ Political Correctness ‘. The winner wrote: ‘Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, […]
The journey to wellness: asking for help is the first step
Most people who seek help dealing with emotional problems find relief, recovery, and healing. They don’t forget what they’ve been through, but they learn ways to make sense of their experience so that it doesn’t control their lives. More is known now than ever before about how to help people deal with the complicated feelings […]