Topic: The Pentagon

Careers: Personal Branding and PR No-Nos

During the height of the Iraq war, you couldn’t turn on the TV or listen to the radio without hearing a military analyst make pronouncements about the war. What we didn’t know at the time was that many of these analysts were ...READ»

Socially Responsible?

Last night, Ben and Jerry, the founders of the ice cream company, were on the Colbert Report. Besides promoting their new flavor "Stephen Colbert's AmeriCone Dream," they took a moment to get serious. Ben Cohen held up a cloth disk ...READ»

The People Who Win The Wars

No matter how brilliantly the big brass plans wars, the outcome depends on the people who fight them.READ»

Hackers Rob Pentagon of F-35 Fighter Design Data

Hackers have stolen terabytes of data about the design and electronics inside the Defense Department's Joint Strike Fighter program, The Wall Street Journal reported last night. The $300 billion jet is the most expensive program in ...READ»

Wikileaks Makes Muckraking Easier by Anonymizing and Protecting Sources

Wikileaks is like Wikipedia for sensitive information: a user-populated dossier of classified and leaked stuff, submitted by anonymous sources all over the world. Johnny Law has attempted to shut it down both domestically and abroad, ...READ»

Sharpen Your Snap Judgments

Malcolm Gladwell wants to rub the confusion from our eyes when we first encounter a new person, product, or idea and help us focus on what's really important. These stories from Blink can help you filter through first impressions and improve rapid decision making.READ»

Run for Your Life: The Pentagon's Robotic Hummingbird Takes Flight

Video of the latest flying contraption by DARPA, the Pentagon's hyper-strange research lab.READ»

Is DARPA Working on a Handheld Nuclear Fusion Device?

The Pentagon's DARPA arm is known for its attempts to reduce devices to microchip size. Projects have included multi-purpose sensors, cryogenic coolers, video cameras, and apparently, "Chip-Scale High Energy Atomic ...READ»

Sacred Ground - Revisited

Last week, I blogged about the specter of marketing during church, funerals and wakes. A couple days later, I came across this, a tombstone concept that incorporates a video screen. I was sure the issue was dead at that point, but ...READ»

Business As War

Business in the New Economy is a civilized version of war. Companies, not countries, are battlefield rivals.READ»

Beg, Borrow, Stimulate

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Designed to Save Lives: The Army's Newest Armored Truck

The replacement for the Hummer and the MRAP is loaded with clever safety features to protect against IED's.READ»

Re: Research

The Star-Ledger this weekend ran an interesting article about the rise and fall of AT&T Labs, nee Bell Labs. Tasked a decade ago to invent the future of telecommunications, the research wing is quickly dissolving as its top talent ...READ»

Battlefield Lessons

The war in Iraq (which is winding down as this issue goes to press) reflects a world where much is new. But when it comes to war, old truths prevail: Planning and leadership are the pillars of victory.READ»

Who's Fast 2002

Ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Our fourth-annual Who's Fast issue arrives at a time when our feelings about work, life, business, and purpose need thoughtful recalibration.READ»

A Woman's Place is in Cyberspace

Four online alternatives to the old boy's network.READ»

High Stakes, Big Bets

Tom Burbage and his 500-person team at Lockheed Martin went after the biggest military deal in U.S. history -- and scored a $200 billion victory: a contract to build the Joint Strike Fighter. They didn't play it safe; they played to win.READ»

The Strategy of the Fighter Pilot

Business is a dogfight. Your job as a leader: Outmaneuver the competition, respond decisively to fast-changing conditions, and defeat your rivals. That's why the OODA loop, the brainchild of "40 Second" Boyd, an unconventional fighter pilot, is one of today's most important ideas in battle or in business.READ»

EATR: A Robot That'll Forage Its Own Fuel

The Pentagon is developing a new robot that can power itself with biomass--and, as Fox News gleefully conjectures, dead people.READ»

Ten Outrageous Marketing Stunts

Many marketers misjudge the razor line between buzz and bust when it comes to offbeat marketing campaigns. When these crazy stunts work, they can be very successful, often resulting in millions of dollars in free advertising. When they fail, they can cause spectacular embarrassment, cost jobs, and even attract lawsuits.READ»

• The Top 10 Most Outrageous Marketing Stunts Ever
• 8 Buzz-worthy Advertising Campaigns

Continental Courage

Where do you find courage in this country? Not in the southern or western U.S., which overwhelming succumbed to the Bush campaign's fear mongering and Dick Cheney's demented suggestion that a vote for John Kerry is a vote for the ...READ»

Pentagon Says F-35 Classified Designs Have Not Been Stolen

A national security panic spread through the Internet yesterday after a report by The Wall Street Journal suggested "terabytes" of classified data on the F-35 Lightning II had been stolen by hackers. Today the Pentagon and ...READ»

Single Payer Is No Silver Bullet for Health-Care Reform

In my last article, I said that transforming health care in the U.S. requires an act of will, not an act of congress. Solutions exist today that can make health care better, faster and cheaper IF you make people responsible for ...READ»

As Always, We Begin With Fodder For Thought

Listen. Think. Communicate. Do. http://web.archive.org/web/20041030103328/www.bizforward.com/wdc/issues/1999-12/analysis/ The Crucible Once They Were Four Young Military Aides Thrown Into Lyndon Johnson's White ...READ»

Game Over

Now let's get down to business. Simulation lets you play to learn -- without having to play for keeps.READ»