Will be off net, for next week at West Point teaching…

I will monitor infrequently while I am at West Point, NY at the United States Military Academy working with instructors and doing my workshop “Deciding Under Pressure and Fast.”
Everyone, have a great weekend and week, enjoy life to the fullest.
Don

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Spinney: Should Obama Escalate the War in Afghanistan?

With both presidential candidates anxious to increase the US military presence on the ground and in the air in Afghanistan, the Washington community would appear to have achieved a consensus.  Perhaps, but that does not mean it’s a good idea.  Pentagon insider Franklin (“Chuck”) Spinney, now sort of retired and at sea in the Mediterranean, [...]

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William Lind-On War #269 Why McCain is Wrong

By William S. Lind
July 28, 2008
Senator John McCain’s position on the situation in Iraq is wrong on two counts, which means his criticism of Senator Obama is also wrong.  The twin pillars of McCain’s assessment of the war are a) the surge worked and b) because the surge worked we are now winning.  Neither of [...]

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Overpopulation-biggest leadership challenge we got

Most of the counter arguments I have gotten on Vandergriff’s 12 points have been with controlling overpopulation, “not doable,” “can’t happen,” are many of the same themes.
I love your counter arguments.
I still disagree with all of them.

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Vandergriff’s 12-point solution to our problems…

We are now facing the greatest catastrophic crisis in the history of our nation. If we don’t act now, TODAY, and start the transition, our nation will spiral into chaos. Sadly, the information, the resources (though strained), and the will of the people can make this happen, but it must happen now if we are to [...]

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William S. Lind On War #268: Evidence

By William S. Lind
July 23, 2008
Two recent news stories added important evidence to issues raised in On War columns.  The first concerns a Fourth Generation war taking place on America’s doorstep, that between the Mexican state and drug gangs.  The July 14 Financial Times, one of the world’s best newspapers, reported that the head of [...]

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Example of how to conduct innovation…

How to take a losing organization of average talent, and make it a winner.
While I concede, as demonstrated in previous blogs, that conditions are bad in our country, there are examples of people “down in the trenches” or on the street living their lives the best they can.  I love finding examples of innovation in light [...]

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Stepping up to the plate-Accepting Responsibility

I am proud to point out whenever people or organizations step up and say “yes, we are responsible, we messed up, but this is what we are going to do to fix the problem.” In this case, the business Silver Diner contacted me regarding my mention of their messed up order in my blog comment [...]

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Winslow Wheeler–Failures of Intellect and Ethics An Air Force on Free Fall

Winslow is another leader of our nation.  He is hard hitting, intelligent and a leader that cares a lot about the declining condition of our nation. Importantly, he also provides solutions to the problems he points out. I am blessed to be his friend and to learn from him over the years. I first met him when [...]

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Baldoni Interview of Vandergriff on Harvard Business Publishing

John Baldoni interviewed me recently regarding the acceptance of my leadership model called Adaptive Leader Methodology (ALM) by the U.S. Army (ALM is outlined in Chapter 3 of my book Raising the Bar as Adaptive Course Model ACM (U.S. Army did not like that name)). John is a friend and a leadership consultant, coach, and speaker. [...]

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