by zen | Jun 16, 2014 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] Adaptive Leadership Handbook: :Law Enforcement & Security by Fred Leland & Don Vandergriff The Adaptive Leadership Handbook is an unusual book. It is a work about thinking for men and women of action. It is an...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 15, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — Malaysia flight 370 seen through the media glass, darkly ] . ** Here’s Fallows in The Atlantic on Malaysia flight 370: As the years go by, I am more and more convinced that the immediate, fast-twitch talk-show responses on what we...
by Charles Cameron | Dec 29, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — the game of Connect the Dots in play and practice ] . CIA's (now ret’d) Nada Bakos examines the Al Qaida board in the HBO docu, Manhunt. Manhunt, the HBO documentary, does what (not having been there and seen that at the time)...
by Charles Cameron | Nov 29, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — how theory works out in practice, and vice versa ] . Here’s the first of a pair of “patterns” of interest… Theory contradicts practice: — with thanks to my friend Peter van der Werff! ** And here’s the...
by Charles Cameron | Nov 24, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — continuing my exploration of a pattern language of thoughts, both verbal and imagistic ] . This is a ship-shipping ship, shipping shipping ships. pic.twitter.com/GqzTB866WK via @usmanm — Nat. Maritime Museum (@NMMGreenwich) October...