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5 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Diplomats

crowdSPRING Blog

With the red-hot temperature around the crisis in Syria reduced to a mere boil, and the government in North Korea backing away from the brink I gave some thought this week to what entrepreneurs could learn from global leaders and diplomats in general. ” defined as a folded paper or document. Diplomats work tirelessly.

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

Steve Blank

In the 21st century you need a scorecard to keep track of the threats: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, ISIS in Yemen/Libya/Philippines, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, hackers for hire, etc. Pete Newell and I have spent a lot of time bringing continuous innovation to government organizations. That approach doesn’t work anymore.

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Watch Out for Seven Traits Of A Dominant Visionary

YoungUpstarts

by Rob Shelton, co-author of “ The Brilliant Jerk Conundrum: Thriving with and Governing a Dominant Visionary “ Dominant visionaries that lead companies do not act or think like most people. That makes them difficult to work with, govern, or even talk to. On bad days they are jerks, troublemakers, and rabble-rousers.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 4

Steve Blank

The NDS observed that we not only faced non-nation states (terror organizations,) but going forward we have to plan for 2+3 adversaries (China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and the non-nations states.) Next, we introduced the National Defense Strategy (NDS) which describes how the military supports the overall National strategy.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 4 – Bridge Colby

Steve Blank

The NDS observed that we not only faced non-nation states (terror organizations,) but going forward we have to plan for 2+3 adversaries (China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and the non-nations states.) Next, we introduced the National Defense Strategy (NDS) which describes how the military supports the overall National strategy.

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