Recent Comments
The Arbitrage Secret… on Corporate Re-Organization… Craig McComb on Analytics as a Service –… Dennis Drayer on Can We Help in “Bending… xtreme antler Review… on Can We Help in “Bending…
Category Archives: Mission/Business Improvement
Strategic Planning Primer
The Strategic Planning Process requires the business leader to establish a clear vision, articulate a mission that motivates the organization to action, and define goals and objectives that outline how you will make it so. Every task performed by every individual in the organization must ultimately contribute to an objective and goal in meeting the mission and achieving the vision. Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Mission/Business Improvement, Objectives/Tasks, Strategy, Vision
Tagged Business Improvement, Strategy, Vision
Leave a comment
We Need to Change the Way We Think About Artificial Intelligence
AI is actually neither artificial nor intelligent. It implies decisions made through computers programmed to make choices to act in a certain manner. But those computers are programmed simply to make yes/no decisions. This is really no different than what we consider intuition. Continue reading
US-China Cyber Talks
Who are we kidding? Do we really expect the Chinese (government and companies) to stop online IP theft because a non-visionary emissary with little concept of national interests, priorities,or strategies met with his counterpart and reached a deal? There is no … Continue reading
Let’s Understand What the “Cloud” Is Really Changing
Mark Hurd is on target in How Cloud Computing is Revolutionizing Business, but let’s be honest — the cloud is really allowing someone else to own and manage the infrastructure that supports your data needs. While there are variations on … Continue reading
Show Me the Money — Time to Rethink This DOD Cloud-Broker
Remember that note from the DoD CIO that designated DISA as the priority choice for defense agencies seeking cloud services? Well, it may not be so any more. For all the bureaucratic hangers-on, don’t kid yourself — this is really … Continue reading
DOE’s KBase Moves Big Data in the Right Direction
While Defense and other federal agencies are trying to figure out how to leverage big data, some of the folks at DOE are moving out. The Department of Energy’s KBase team has set up a way for non-IT folks to … Continue reading
Defense Acquisition – “Where Did That Requirement Come From, Anyway?”
The PBS series “Connections” was always interesting for me, because it joined the dots between present-day wonders and the science and invention required to make them so. It showed how various discoveries, scientific achievements and world events were successively interconnected to bring about particular aspects of modern technology. For a requirements developer and strategic planner, it provided interesting perspective.
Do you know where the requirement for the height and width of the USAF’s C-17 was derived? Among many other large items, the C-17 had to carry an Abrams tank, so it needed to be so many feet high and wide.
That is interesting bar conversation, until you ask where the Army derived the height and width of an Abrams tank? …..
Continue reading
Corporate Re-Organization – Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Improve Mission Results
Stick around long enough and everything eventually cycles back. The USAF’s just announced re-org replays some parts of previous structures that may seem somewhat familiar to those who claim part of the past. At Air Force Materiel Command, after the … Continue reading
Posted in Air Force, Mission/Business Improvement
1 Comment
shapethevision 