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Formula for Strategic Leadership

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Years ago, I heard then General David Petraeus give a talk to a small group of us about leadership. He was literally coming to us live from his command center in Iraq or Afghanistan when he was running the whole theater of war over there. There are about a zillion books on leadership out there.

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Becoming a Great Leader, No Matter What Field You’re In

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Since recording this interview, Jason Kander announced that he was taking a step back from political life to deal with depression and PTSD symptoms he was experiencing as a result of his tour in Afghanistan. Upon returning from his tour in Afghanistan, Kander returned to his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri and became involved in politics.

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Why the Navy Needs Disruption Now (part 2 of 2)

Steve Blank

For targets over uncontested airspace (Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, Libya, etc.) For example, missions into Afghanistan are 6-8 hours versus normal mission times of 2-3 hours.). What spooks leadership is that in Horizon 3 most of the projects will fail. that’s pretty easy.

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The Red Queen Problem – Innovation in the DoD and Intelligence Community

Steve Blank

Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents. The result will be agency leadership creating new organizational structures that make innovation a continual process rather than an ad hoc series of heroic efforts. Newell ran the U.S.

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Op-Ed Columnist - Who’s Sleeping Now? - NYTimes.com

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The Beijing leadership clearly understands that the E.T. We, by contrast, intend to fix Afghanistan. Energy Technology — revolution is both a necessity and an opportunity, and they do not intend to miss it. Have a nice day. via www.nytimes.com. I still want to know where all the Green jobs are.

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Story Behind “The Secret History” Part III: The Most Important.

Steve Blank

He was forced in to an internal exile to Groky (Nizhnij Novgorod) – a major industrial city closed to foreigners – about 300 mi east of Moscow in 1980 following his public protests against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. He was allowed to return to Moscow in Feb 1987 – AFTER Reykjavik. (I

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5 tips for startups and small business: creating a presentation

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When the commanding general of the Afghanistan campaign saw this slide he remarked, “When we understand that slide, we’ll have won the war.&#. The NY Times recently published a story on the overuse of Powerpoint presentations in the military and used this slide as an example of the madness. Entertain them.