Topic: U.S. Air Force

Fresh Start 2002: Nonstop Flight

America's B-52 bomber doesn't need a fresh start. It is a marvel of patience and persistence -- and it may fly for 40 years more. In a world gripped by recession and war, it may be a symbol of the future.READ»

How Do You Feel?

"Emotional intelligence" is starting to find its way into companies, offering employees a way to come to terms with their feelings -- and to perform better. But as the field starts to grow, some worry that it could become just another fad.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»

Testing The Future

You either design your future, or you can just let it fall on you.READ»

Something about being near planes helps government organizations "get it."

A while back we discovered that the Transportation Safety Administration had started what appeared to be a public relations campaign that included -- believe it or not -- a blog. Evolution of Security has become quite an ...READ»

Tactics for Top Guns

Here is flight instructor Robert Shaw's three-point flight plan for achieving victory in the air.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»

Three High-Tech Tools for Understanding Consumer Behavior

These three products, while not specifically intended for customer research purposes, each have valuable features that can capture the customer’s perspective accurately and efficiently.READ»

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Creating Virtual Interfaces for Physical People

Interaction designers have long been restricted to an input vocabulary of buttons and pointers. Now they're gaining a complex and dynamic palette limited only by the physical capabilities of the human body.READ»

• Rob Tannen's Designing for Humans Blog

Designers, Take a Look at Evidence-Based Design for Health Care

Evidence-based design (EBD) is a methodology for the design of health-care environments that can and should be translated across the industry.READ»

Feedback

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Don’t throw in the towel this Holiday Season!

How you could still make out well with shoppersREAD»

The Software Engineering Institute

In a world of software chaos, the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a missionary outfit proselytizing for a better way.READ»

Polaroid SX-70 and Other Classic Products That Have Social Media at Their Core

Products like the Polaroid Instant Camera and the Sony Walkman provided technology that enabled sharing pictures, music, and ideas--in other words, social media.READ»

• Rob Tannen's Designing for Humans Blog

Idea Summit

Rolf Smith has spent a career thinking about how people think. Now, he is helping people at some of the world's most powerful organizations to generate big ideas -- and to rethink their whole approach to creativity.READ»

Introducing Guest Blogger Rob Tannen: Your Hands Are in Good Hands

As director of user research and interaction design Bresslergroup, Rob Tannen is responsible for making sure that power tools, medical equipment, even touchscreen kiosks fit our hands like proverbial gloves.READ»

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Autonomy Without Intelligence?

Competition requires speed. Wisdom requires patience. In a hyper-computerized world, which one wins?READ»

The 10 Lives of George Stalk

The star strategy consultant was declared dead three times -- and came back unrepentant and tougher than ever. His new book sees competition as a matter of life or death.READ»

The Courageous Few

Courage is leadership's essential ingredient, and we clearly suffer from a leadership deficit these days. So we celebrate this year's courageous few: the 10 rare leaders who did the right thing.READ»

Dog Bites Consultant! Now That's News

It's a favorite consulting aphorism: "If you're not the lead dog, the view doesn't change." To which we say: "Mush!"READ»

Airship Surveillance - continues at high pace

Courtesy of www.airshipworld.blogspot.com Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Airship Surveillance - continues at high pace PUBLICLY TRADED AS WNRC   © Airship Surveillance It's been just over a month since our last ...READ»

Solar-Powered Plane Prepping for Round-World Trip

Someday soon Bertrand Piccard is going to throw the switches on his Solar Impulse Foundation aircraft, tug back on the stick and pull it into the air. Then he'll fly it right around the world. The impressive technology demonstrator's ...READ»

(Re) Writing Code

Senior executives who want to transform their organization can't focus only on strategy or structure. Ultimately, they need to rescue their company's data from digital oblivion.READ»

The Philosopher

"History is littered with people who 'make it' and then crash. It's a drama that has unfolded in every field of human endeavor since the beginning of time."READ»

Leaders, Learners, and Searchers

Attention, class: This is not your father's MBA. "The Learning Journey" teaches what it means to lead in a truly confusing business environment: "We integrate two bottom lines -- profit and mortality."READ»