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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. How to get leadership behind continuous innovation? That approach doesn’t work anymore. Problem 6: How to get started? We know how to do this.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 2

Steve Blank

Army, both internal ( existing leadership ) and external (existing contractors,) used these early WWW1 failures as rationale to keep the status quo – in this case horses/cavalry. But the painful lessons from nations that lost wars teach us that technology/weapons leadership is ephemeral. Slides 10-13). Guest Speaker – Max Boot.

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Twitter Link Roundup #171 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Rare recount of escaping North Korea – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week! Honest logos | Webdesigner Depot – [link].

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 2 – Max Boot

Steve Blank

Army, both internal ( existing leadership ) and external (existing contractors,) used these early WWW1 failures as rationale to keep the status quo – in this case horses/cavalry. But the painful lessons from nations that lost wars teach us that technology/weapons leadership is ephemeral. Slides 10-13). Guest Speaker – Max Boot.

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Your No Fear Career

YoungUpstarts

I’m not talking about jumping out of airplanes or crossing the border into North Korea. I also give keynote speeches on fearless leadership and lead workshops that bring people with different points of view onto the same page. That’s how I’d describe myself. The things I do are fearless on another level.

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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. From Wikipedia we learn that Diplomacy comes from the greek word “???????,”

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8 books that fundamentally changed me as a person

Jeff Hilimire

The brutal life that so many around the world are subjected to, and specifically in this book the focus is on those in North Korea, is hard to fathom. Leadership requires thoughtful strategy and patience. Heartbreaking is a theme so far, and this book is just as crushing as the first two. Great by Choice. Before you leave.