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Modern security thinkers
There's a good list of modern military thinkers on Kotare's blog. For anyone trying to make sense of much of the stuff going on around the world this list is a good starting point.
Kate Carruthers
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Why not give peace a chance?
During our busy lives it seems to me that we often let the chances for peace pass us by. And how does this happen? It happens with our reactions to things, to events, to words and actions by other people. For example, the snappy response to a question asked when
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Hope is not a strategy, so what are we going to do?
It was very interesting to watch the 2008 US election campaign with all its talk of hope. Checking Wikipedia, a definition of Hope "is a belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one's life." But hope is not a strategy by which
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The changing marketing landscape ...
Marketing in the good old days:In the past marketers thought they were in control of their brand and their messages. They had lots of resources and became expert at creating above the line and below the line campaigns that pushed their messages out to their consumers. In this world
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Is it time for a new approach to management?
The traditional approaches to managing organizations have been optimized so much that there little improvement that can be made. At the same time there are huge changes in society and how people want and expect to work. With the growth of collaboration technologies such as web 2.0 and entry
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American burgers - now I get it!
For many years I have thought that American friends were delusional when they rhapsodised about their burgers. After all I had eaten at McDonalds so I knew what an American burger was like. However, at the urging of several friends I tried some real American burgers on a recent trip
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How resilient is Australia?
Reading this book at the moment - Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects by Dmitry Orlov. It is very interesting to consider how Australia would manage. Orlov considers America and its current situation in the light of a possible economic and social upheaval. He compares the American situation
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Why do we wait until funerals to say positive things about someone?
There is one thing that I've often thought was sadder than a funeral itself. It is the way that everyone stands around saying what they liked about the deceased when they are no longer around to hear it. Sometimes it is even sadder to hear that they never
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Obama talks about continuing the grassroots involvement
How spooky! Just after I posted this morning with some thoughts about Obama and change I received an email from him (as did many others). His email linked to a YouTube video, which is also on my.barackobama.com. In the video he talks about change and the need to
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Will there be a real change in the US with Obama?
Having recently visited the US it is interesting to consider if there will be real changes in how the US operates along with the change in government. Not everybody wanted Obama to win. So now we have the some people, mainly the centre and conservatives, feeling disenfranchised. and regrouping for
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It's Caturday again ...
Source: icanhascheezburger
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Is 2009 the year of social media & return on investment?
I am now officially bored with web 2.0 and so on. The hype over the past year has been ridiculous. But the whole area of social computing, including social media and social networking will continue to grow. However, it is likely that the economic crisis will precipitate a focus