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War-Zone Videos Get On-Demand Treatment in New Defense Department Project

A new $29 million Defense Department project makes viewing military intelligence from Afghanistan as easy as ordering a movie from Netflix. READ»

Smartphones on the Ground: Ex-Green Berets Bring Tech to Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

The U.S. military is hampered by antiquated technologies that leave units all but deaf and blind as they try to hunt down insurgents and win hearts and minds. A team of former Special Forces officers is now building the tools to fix that.READ»

Dumb Action Games Make You Smarter

Fed up with non-gamers telling you that Call of Action or Grand Theft Auto turns you into an idiot? Now you can present them with proof that games like this actually improve your decision making.READ»

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Staci Palmer Helps Farmers Operate Tractors Remotely

Director of strategic market development, low-power embedded processing, Intel Chandler, Arizona Palmer, 44, works with equipment manufacturers to develop applications using Intel's Atom processors to lend intelligence and ...READ»

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iFive: BP's On-Off Woes, CIA's $5 Million to Amiri, i-dosing, Twitter's Next moves , Old Spice Throws in Towel

While you were sleeping, innovation was, apparently, announcing its engagement to more innovation. All this took place without Mom finding out, which surely means a job at Apple can't be far behind, such are the secrecy levels of ...READ»

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Missed Chinese Connections: Why You'll Have to Hook Up With Asian Army Hotties the Old Fashioned Way

Security issues have forced the Chinese military authorities to clamp down on their troops' Internet use. As well as a moratorium on blogging, the 2.3 million military personnel are forbidden from using online dating sites, personal ...READ»

Project Resource Management Software Keeps Priorities Organized

Nothing grabs the attention of a management team or a customer quicker than when the costs of a project quickly skyrocket past an estimate provided in a project proposal. Effective project resource management software helps ensure ...READ»

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Nonsense At Work

Safe to try half the time:It’s the season to be nice and forgiving.  So this is the safest time of year for you to try the following social experiment.I call it ‘having fun with averages’.According to the law of averages, ...READ»

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The Devil’s Paint Brush within Organizational Leadership

The Philosophy of LeaderShaping, the off-spring of the “Six Levels of Leadership,” depends heavily on “Communications” and “Intelligence” to be successful. When one or both of these elements becomes compromised, the result ...READ»

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Successful Leaders Need Multiple Intelligences

It's clear from research evidence of failed and unsuccessful leaders in recent years that academic learning and training or natural intellectual ability alone is insufficient to prepare for and execute good leadership. The good news is that emotional intelligence, social intelligence and success intelligence can all be taught and learned, providing individuals with the tools to become successful leaders. A greater focus particularly on success IQ by our education system, organizations and individuals would have a significant impact on greater numbers of individuals experiencing success in our society.READ»

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LeaderShaped by Christ: My Outward Reform Began My Inward Renewal!

When Jesus caught his disciples arguing about who among them was the greatest, they felt embarrassed, but Jesus didn’t rebuke them or wanting to be great. He simply gave them an unexpected formula: Be a servant! Do you know this formula? Are you willing to change? Are you willing to exhibit humility, wonder, honesty, innocence, hope, trust and dependence? One Degree of Twelve is my journey into becoming a servant; my rebirth after being “LeaderShaped by Christ.”READ»

Leaders and Judgment - A Moving Target? I think not.

There are few that are untouched by the current and escalating economic crisis here in the USA, and abroad. Even the deepest of pocketbooks are paying attention. Even those with the most secure of ‘jobs’ are distracted. To say ...READ»

Smart Sphere of Influence

“Surround yourself with smart people,” a smart friend recently said. That is, if you enjoy learning, boosting your intelligence and finding your way through a successful career. This suggestion jogged the memory of a ...READ»

Military Training and Simulation is Increasingly Required by Business & Industry

TheThe Bison Group ® Corporation has announced the integration of the “Process of LeaderShaping” initiative – a framework that identifies the behaviors (Organizational Behavior) and influences (Transformational Leadership) ...READ»

What is Being Authentic Anyway?

I was speaking on the East Coast this past week and out of the blue, I began to question what the difference is between positive thinking and intelligence? It’s not like I am the resident expert on either subject. However there ...READ»

Organizations, People & Performance

HumanSigma Ideation™ When an organization doesn't meet the stakeholders' needs and expectations, the cause is rarely a misguided posture, purpose, and alignment of strategy or vision.Instead, underperformance is more often ...READ»

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The Seven "T's" of Oz to Your Personal Transformation

A Long Walk On A Short Path Keeping in the tradition of providing clever and entertaining instruction for people to grow their lives, I have teamed up with a new author, Leslie Ann Smith, to help develop an ...READ»

Leadership & Flexibility: What We Can Learn From “The Elevator”

As in leadership, elevators are constantly moving. They remain constant, moving up and down, to transport individuals and items floor to floor. The ride never ends. It goes on and on, up and down, side to side until another person ...READ»

Social Intelligentsia

Transparency is much needed in an almost ‘border less’ world, especially where the Internet is concerned - social media, social support and social business will evolve in the not too distant future - maybe not in ten years time, ...READ»