analytictruth.blogspot.com
Truth in Our Profession: Nail your whispers to the wall...
http://analytictruth.blogspot.com/2013/03/nail-your-whispers-to-wall.html
Truth in Our Profession. Discussions in the analysis realm. Sunday, March 24, 2013. Nail your whispers to the wall. So, I've been suffering through Air War College recently (suffering less because of the material and more because of the timelines and integrity-stealing loss of soul to which the associated incentive structure for correspondence PME has driven me), and ran across a nice speech/article from Admiral James Stavridis. Article titled Read, Think, Write: Keys to 21st Century Leadership. Century ...
analytictruth.blogspot.com
Truth in Our Profession: Contributors
http://analytictruth.blogspot.com/p/contributors.html
Truth in Our Profession. Discussions in the analysis realm. Eric “Merf” Murphy is a Mathematician with a degree in English Literature, a weakness for military and oth. Er kinds of history, and a particular interest in understanding the problems of strategy and analysis as they apply to military and national security problems. Merf has had a reasonably successful career in the USAF applying his strengths in STEM and his weakness for the Humanities. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Are Your Lights On? Expert Po...
analytictruth.blogspot.com
Truth in Our Profession: The Challenge of Integrated Space Analysis
http://analytictruth.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-challenge-of-integrated-space.html
Truth in Our Profession. Discussions in the analysis realm. Monday, April 20, 2015. The Challenge of Integrated Space Analysis. I've spent the past three years working to overcome these challenges. Here is my summary in an article just published in MORS Phalanx last month. The Challenge of Integrated Space Analysis. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Are Your Lights On? Honor in Science (Ethics). Structure of Scientific Revolution - Thomas Kuhn. The Enemy as a System - John Warden. Glenn A. Kent. Spent:...
analytictruth.blogspot.com
Truth in Our Profession: November 2010
http://analytictruth.blogspot.com/2010_11_01_archive.html
Truth in Our Profession. Discussions in the analysis realm. Saturday, November 20, 2010. What We are Taught. What we have learned. Thursday, November 4, 2010. The Ethics of Analysis. How do we avoid this? During rush hour, a lot of people take the bus, it’s really hell being down town during those hours, can you take the bus? No How about the subway? Because we will be in a Hurry? Why such a hurry, do you have to catch a plane? Well I hired you to drive so I don’t want to hire a taxi cab? For now, howeve...
analytictruth.blogspot.com
Truth in Our Profession: September 2010
http://analytictruth.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html
Truth in Our Profession. Discussions in the analysis realm. Thursday, September 30, 2010. The Zealot and His Disciples. Were they drinking coffee or were they drinking grape Kool-Aid? But this blog is not about a zealot trying to keep his program funded. If we had a nickel for every PM we’ve had to listen to ramble on about their product… rather, this essay is about truth. Maybe the PM is right; maybe he is wrong, the question is can we find out? Wining hearts and minds. Friday, September 24, 2010. But y...
jimmysblough.blogspot.com
Mooch's Blog: February 2007
http://jimmysblough.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html
Observing life with a little editorial. Sunday, February 25, 2007. What should I wear to my reunion? Should I look successful? Should I look casual as if the event were a low-key social occasion that should nothing more pressing arise I would attend? Who will I see? Who do I want to see? Will I remember their names, faces, classes we had together? Should I review the yearbook ahead of time? Should I play golf on Friday? Were we ever a union? Was the PVHS Senior Class of 1982 ever a union? The Holiday Inn...
jimmysblough.blogspot.com
Mooch's Blog: August 2008
http://jimmysblough.blogspot.com/2008_08_01_archive.html
Observing life with a little editorial. Sunday, August 31, 2008. Their Mistress the Dragon Lady. As we drive across the flight-line and back to base operations Lt Col Trout receives a call on his cell phone. The two T-38s are both down and green indicating they have safely arrived at their destination and are preparing to catch the Dragon when she flys to them. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.(FSF). View my complete profile.
analytictruth.blogspot.com
Truth in Our Profession: October 2010
http://analytictruth.blogspot.com/2010_10_01_archive.html
Truth in Our Profession. Discussions in the analysis realm. Friday, October 22, 2010. There is a great scene from the Clint Eastwood movie, “The Gauntlet”. The Clint Eastwood character is asked, “Why do you think they gave you this job? So you have to decide each time – as you peer down through the gauntlet. Do you have enough protection to make it through? Is this one worth getting bloody over? Sunday, October 17, 2010. Rest in Peace Benoît Mandelbrot. Click here to link to his Wikipedia Bio. As wit...
analytictruth.blogspot.com
Truth in Our Profession: Ruminations on Path Dependence and Archimedes
http://analytictruth.blogspot.com/2015/04/ruminations-on-path-dependence-and.html
Truth in Our Profession. Discussions in the analysis realm. Saturday, April 18, 2015. Ruminations on Path Dependence and Archimedes. We're going to stick with our current process.". A favorite concept from economics: path dependence. So, what is path dependence? In dynamic social, technological, and economic systems. ( Scott Page. Describes multiple forms of path dependence in a wonderful essay on the subject. A little stealth incentivizes improvements in adversary radar that encourages more stealth.
analytictruth.blogspot.com
Truth in Our Profession: The Right Answer?
http://analytictruth.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-right-answer.html
Truth in Our Profession. Discussions in the analysis realm. Saturday, February 28, 2015. It is strange how serendipity occasionally intervenes to link multiple lines of thinking and the conversations that go along with them and thinking on a subject crystallizes. In June 2014, Harvard Business Review. Published an article titled "Why Smart People Struggle With Strategy.". The piece begins thus:. And a great discussion that ensued on The Constant Strategist. In our world of military operations research an...
