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Intuitive Intelligence (I2) v Artificial Intelligence (AI)
As technology experts talk today about future intelligent decision systems, they use the term Artificial Intelligence (AI). I prefer the term Intuitive Intelligence (or I2). This implies that intuition must be a part of that intelligent system. There is some science that indicates men and women often arrive at decisions differently. Men are inclined to stick with the facts and make a decision based on what the black and white data tells them. Women are often able to incorporate intuitive (gray area) feelings in the decision process versus a data-driven only perspective. Intuition is an ability to understand something based on a feeling, but in reality that feeling is driven by a multitude of many, many (many) small pieces of often insignificant information that are assimilated in a way to make a better risk assessment. Continue reading
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What the General Meant to Say….. and other stuff that no one every told you about
Throughout life a number of mentors shared insights that shaped who I am today. Sometimes the lessons were taught up front, but I didn’t capture their essence until much later. Generally, lessons learned were after the fact.
Occasionally, the truth is so obvious it goes without saying — but needs to be stated anyway. Continue reading
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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
Statesmanship, Intimidation, & Respecting Personal Value
Our political experience has become an instance akin to everyone in the schoolyard following the bully because that’s who can make things happen, whether they’re the right things or not. Usually he/she is interested in only what benefits themself, but … Continue reading
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A New Year’s Resolution
We too often react to what is happening around the world, rather than asking why. Our foreign policy has become a responder to the most current threat(s), and we seem lost to consider or act with a thought out strategy for what is important for our continued existence 100 years hence or to even attempt to understand why nation states act in irrational or extraordinary fashion. we telegraph our every move through a constant need to show that we can scurry faster than the latest social media. This is not world leadership and certainly not that of a state committed to the ultimate betterment of mankind. Our foreign policy is seldom led by statesmen, our national interests are too often short term and driven by profit, and our national resolve is too often built on social media polls. We can’t lead the world with might if we have not determined to understand the why that drives it’s challenges and then at least move a finger to scratch that itch. Continue reading
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Government Has Lost Its Technological Edge
The government has lost the ability to move the acquisition process along quickly enough to field the newest technologies before a counter-solution can be fielded. In this regard, the government is its own worst enemy. We have forgotten how to negotiate and compromise and work together to move something forward quickly. Technology left on the table because we are unable to navigate the acquisition risk management process is a real threat to our leading edge capabilities and national defense Continue reading
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Wisdom and Advice As SecDef Hagel Departs – There Are Limits to Military Power
Stars & Stripes – Interview with SecDef Chuck Hagel is within days of looking in his rear view mirror at the Pentagon and offers advice that deserves a wise listen. Military power has its limits. Force alone cannot transform societies … Continue reading
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Owning an IT Infrastructure is NOT a Core Competency of Most Businesses
Today’s C-suite leaders share that owning an IT infrastructure is not a core competency of their businesses and acquiring an infrastructure becomes less palatable unless the result directly contributes to improving the business or mission. However, they do want the end result — analytics and data discovery that will make the business more effective, efficient, and profitable. Continue reading
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Facebook’s “Altering Behavior” Occurs When Any Biz Wants to Improve Customer Experience & Result
The media hype on Facebook is spun as “altering behavior” to make it appear their business analysis is a bad thing. But that is what we all do when we’re tying to improve our business — tweak out the things that don’t work and replace it with products, designs, or services that work better. Good data analysts learn to fail fast and move on to what succeeds. Continue reading
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The Defense Acquisition Conundrum: Requirements, Performance, Oversight, Effectiveness, and Efficiency
Defense Acquisition exists to acquire a service, tool, or product needed to accomplish a mission or function in better fashion, more efficiently, more effectively, less cost. In an earlier and simpler time, the requirement was for rifles, bullets, clothes, food that … Continue reading
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