Graphic: White House Fixes

This is the original Figure 2 that was mistakenly dropped and replaced by a duplicate of Figure 3, in “Fixing the White House and National Intelligence,” International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence V 23 N 2 (2010).  The mistake has been corrected in the online version.

Professor: American Revolution Might be Impossible to Stop–“Reform” of Rot Is a Non-Starter…

Following a week of political unrest, capped off by Friday’s organized pro-democracy uprising across the USA, President Barack Obama dismissed his Cabinet on Saturday and stepped before television cameras calling for an end to the protests. But he stopped short of resigning—as his people were demanding. They blame him for poverty, unemployment, widespread corruption and …

Graphic: Four Forces After Next with IO

Created in the mid-1990′s fon the basis of 1988-1989 insights, this slide remains the fundamental depiction of the four  forces needed to deal with the four threat classes.  Since creating this graphic we have realized that no amount of good thinking can overcome a lack of integrity across our political and so-called professional leaderships.

BLOG WISDOM: Chance Favors the Connected Mind…

Chance favors the connected mind. by jonl on January 14, 2011 Steve Johnson in an animated conversation (literally) derived from the juices flowing through his book, Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation. Ideas grow from slow hunches in collision with each other, and depend on great nurturing ground: coffee houses, salons, …

UK Professors Want United Nations to Prep for Aliens

Earth must prepare for close encounter with aliens, say scientists UN should co-ordinate plans for dealing with extraterrestrials – and we can’t guarantee that aliens will be friendly Alok Jha, Alien Correspondent Guardian UK, Monday 10 January 2011 Aliens visiting Earth will be just like humans, scientist claims First contact: The man who’ll welcome aliens …