by zen | May 29, 2014 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] Mikhail Grinberg tackles a topic too often neglected in defense thinking, one that obsessed commissars and worried kaisers, translating economic production into military power and geopolitical influence: Defense Industrial...
by zen | Feb 13, 2013 | Monitor
Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson This is a fun book by the former editor-in-chief of WIRED , author of The Long Tail and the co-founder of 3D Robotics, Chris Anderson. Part pop culture, part tech-optimist futurism and all DIY business book,...
by zen | Aug 22, 2012 | Monitor
Earlier this year, milblogs had much discussion regarding “toxic leaders” – so-called “leaders” who in command epitomized a bullying, negative, destructive, egocentric, “boss from hell” that compromised missions, institutional...