A nice write-up in the Army Times on the Future Force game I designed for the Command & General Staff College. It was cool to see my family commenting in the discussion session. Related articles Congressional negotiators reach tentative deal on payroll tax cut, jobless aid … – Fox News (foxnews.com) Economic Growth Gives Lift […]
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The power of water, and reflections on critical thinking
Image via Wikipedia A testimony to the power of water, in recent Australian floods. www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?video_id=kYUpkPTcqPY Water level in rivers follows the Log-Pearson 3 probability distribution(see attached picture) Tightly clustered around the mean, with little variation, and a limit on how far the left hand tail can go (ie “dry”) The right hand tail though is […]
Innovation as a function of R&D investments? not so much; check your network first
Image via Wikipedia Some excellent insights into the power of quality connections and the network effect with respect to R&D, innovation and open borders Hard times call for new solutions and we are starting to take a good hard look at how innovation really works and what we can do to improve performance. Recent reports […]
Excellence at work
Image via Wikipedia I sure wish i had said this: #6: Malcolm Gladwell is right, it takes 10,000 hours. I don’t think I ever appreciated what it takes to just stay current and, in hindsight, never comprehended what it takes to become good. I mean really good. Not to be overly dramatic but. . . […]
Racism explains everything ….for racists
Image via Wikipedia How soon will it be before whites are a minority, and will be treated as a single voting block, and be summarized by a “stereotype for marketting purposes only”? What will those characteristics be defined as? and how will the characteristics be explained away as not being representative of individuals, but merely […]
China brings a high-speed train to California; Harriman and Carnegie roll over in their graves
Image via Wikipedia In an era of lifelong learning, I wonder if the mark of real graduation is a ceremony at the end of the classes or is it measured by what you do with the education for the rest of your life? Is there even such a thing as graduation for lifelong learners? I […]
An executive summary of complexity theory
Image via Wikipedia An executive summary of complexity theory Johnson, N. (2007). Simply complexity: A clear guide to complexity theory. OneWorld Publications, Oxford. Futurists are in the business of providing a structured vision of the future that includes variables, dynamics, processes, themes and values by which the future will unfold and how we can be […]
Gomer doesnt understand research, tells kids to get off his lawn
Image via Wikipedia I guess we need every dollar possible for building howizers the Army doesnt want or need ….in Coburn’s state Maybe it’s a generation gap thing. But the $3 million that went to UC Irvine researchers to study “Decentralized Virtual Activities and Technologies” has been branded one of the worst wastes of taxpayer dollars of […]
The Navy: making the other services look mature by comparison
Image via Wikipedia The fact that the Navy thinks that there really isnt anything wrong with the culture says a lot more about the Navy than about the people outside the service who just dont get it. This is what hapens when you have an insular insiders club dominated by yahoos and bullies. There’s no […]
Image by Getty Images via @daylife I am rarely in agreement with Richard Cohen, but I admire his willingness to take a position. His discussion of the increasing gap between the nation and it’s Army is spot on. The Vietnam War Army happened to have been my Army. I was on active duty as […]