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Reflections on the Protection of Civilians – US Army List with Corrected Responsibilities 1.1

The U.S. Army continues to be one of the most thoughtful of the services.  Below is a superb list of responsibilities associated with the protection of civilians.  Where the list goes wrong is in assuming that the military will have a major responsibility across all these elements.  In fact US thinking continues to be severely …

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Review (Guest): The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn’t What It Used to Be

Moises Naim 4.0 out of 5 stars What kind of power, for whom, and for what?, May 31, 2013 By Tom Atlee (Eugene, OR USA) – See all my reviews Moises Naim’s new book THE END OF POWER should properly be called “The Decay of Power”. His thesis is that while it is becoming easier …

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Howard Rheingold: Think-Know Tools Webinar, Registration Closes 12 June.

I’m following up my infotention instruction that I presented in Introduction to Mind Amplifiers with a more advanced examination of both the ideas and the practices around intellectual augmentation and the extended mind — concept mapping, social bookmarking, personal knowledge management with tools like Personal Brain. June 19 – July 16. Limited to 30 co-learners. …

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Olivier Zara: Free Online New Book (in French) on Paradoxical Management

Management de l’intelligence collective Réseaux sociaux – Technologies 2.0 A l’évocation du mot “intelligence collective”, certains comprennent “perdre le contrôle”, anarchie, désordre,… ; d’autres comprennent innovation, résolution de problème, performance collective, valorisation des intelligences et des expertises pour mieux produire et mieux vendre. Dans les entreprises, l’intelligence collective n’existe pas. Il faut la créer par …

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Howard Rheingold: 19 June – 26 July Think-Know Tools Webinar

I’m offering Think-Know Tools again June 19 -July 26. All the details about what we’ll co-learn, the schedule, missions, how we go about participative and collaborative learning, can be found at http://socialmediaclassroom.com/host/think2/  Price is $300 via PayPal. $250 if you’ve taken a Rheingold U course before ($200 if you’ve taken two courses, etc.). $500 if …

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