A collection of articles I found interesting in January 2019: ‘The bed that saved me from the Taliban’ – BBC, 1/21/2019 This is an absolutely amazing story. Last year, Greek pilot Vasileios Vasileiou was staying at a hotel in Afghanistan when it was attacked by the Taliban. In this story, Vasileiou details how he hid under […]
Category: Media
Excellent interview with fellow FSView Alumni Khuong Phan
Years ago, I wrote for the FSView and Florida Flambeau, the unofficial newspaper of Florida State University. Writing for the FSView was an awesome experience as it got me really into writing for purpose and introduced me to great people, both in the community and in the FSView office. One of the people I had […]
What I’m Reading: November 2018 – Analysis, Creativity, Innovation, Globalism, Cyber Security, Media Manipulation, and Mystery Science Theater
Here are the articles I found interesting in November 2018: What Great Data Analysts Do — and Why Every Organization Needs Them – Harvard Business Review, 12/4/2018 Written by Google’s Chief Decision Scientist, this article discusses the importance of analysts over data scientists and machine learning experts. While the latter two are prized for the […]
What I’m Reading: October 2018 – Global Problems, Business Intelligence, Trolls, Media, and Black Markets
Here are the articles I found most interesting in October 2018: What Is Globalization? – Peterson Institute for International Economics, 10/29/2018 Good primer on the history, benefits, and complications of Globalization. Excellent information as it pertains to job creation, job loss, and how nations can better position their workforce. It also discusses how the US […]
What I’m Reading: July 2018 – Creativity, Data, Spies, Information Warfare, Cyber Warfare, and Big Brother
Here are the articles I enjoyed the most in July 2018: A very short guide to the most creative part of your brain – Fast Company, 7/23/2018 I’m always a fan of articles on creativity. This article discusses how to get out of the “control network” side of the brain and into the “default network” […]
What I’m Reading: June 2018 – Science, War, Information Conflict, Cyber Conflict, and Looney Tunes
Articles I found most interesting in June 2018: This Is Why Physicists Think String Theory Might Be Our ‘Theory Of Everything – Medium.com, Starts With a Bang, 6/14/2018 A quick look at a very deep subject. Theoretical physics has always fascinated me. Especially string theory. I’ve often wondered if the movement along the strings could […]
What I’m Reading: May 2018 – Analysis, Innovation, International Cooperation, Information Operations, Intelligence, and Childish Gambino
Articles I found most interesting in May 2018: How Do I Get My First Full-Time Business, Competitive, or Market Intelligence Job? – 5/10/2018, Craig Fleisher, LinkedIn Dr. Fleisher was a professor of mine at the University of South Florida MBA program. He has been in the Analysis field for many years and provides some great […]
The Cottage Industry of Bashing New Star Wars Media
This post is a spin-off of a post I wrote yesterday on Medium.com entitled The Star Wars Sandbox and The Last Jedi: Why #NotMyStarWars Means #NotMySandbox. That post debunks folks who think the Star Wars stories should be a certain way because that’s what they expect. Remember: a Wookiee was aroused by a hologram during […]
What I’m Reading: April 2018 – Innovation, Global Conflict Problems, Solutions, and Cooperation
Here are articles I found most interesting in April 2018: The 20-year-old entrepreneur is a lie – MIT Sloan School of Management, 4/20/2018 Although young entrepreneurs get all the headlines, two MIT professors found that the average age of a entrepreneur is in their 40s. This is mostly due to experience in the field, understanding […]
What I’m Reading: March 2018 – Strategy, International Order, Information Conflict, Marketing, the Dark Web, and Baseball
Here are the articles I found most interesting in March 2018: Two Worlds of Strategy – The Strategy Bridge, 3/6/2018 This was my favorite article of the month. Dr. Mike Hennelly discusses a phenomenon I noticed when I started work on my MBA – that military strategy and business strategy are very similar. Both work […]