Archive for the 'rambling'

• The Sounds of Silence and Your Own Mind

November 27th, 2012 by zen

Posted in analytic, attention, brain, cognition, counterintuitive, creativity, emotion, ideas, innovation, insight, intellectuals, intelligence, J. Scott Shipman, lexington green, paradox, Perception, psychology, rambling, science, social science, society, synthesis, theory, Zen | 8 comments

• “No one is really listening, they are just pretending.” – Madhu

May 2nd, 2012 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 21st century, academia, Adaptability, Alfred Thayer Mahan, analogy, analytic, army, art, attention, Clausewitzian, cognition, Collaboration, creativity, cultural intelligence, defense, deterrence, dialog, exercise, hierarchy, historians, horizontal thinking, innovation, intelligence, interact, J. Scott Shipman, john boyd, military, military reform, national security, navy, powerpoint, rambling, recommended reading, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, teaching, uncertainty, vertical thinking, Writing | 11 comments

• The Era of the Creepy-State is Here

March 6th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, corporations, criminals, culture, democracy, democratic party, dystopia, elections, extremists, Failed State, futurism, government, ideas, leadership, legitimacy, non-state actors, obama, Oligarchy, Patterns, Perception, politics, rambling, reform, Republic, republican party, rule-sets, scenario, society, state failure, totalitarianism, Uncategorized | 33 comments

• Wishcraft as Statecraft a.k.a The “And a Pony!” Doctrine

January 11th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, A.E., academia, America, analytic, Character, counterintuitive, democracy, diplomacy, foreign policy, geopolitics, ideas, intellectuals, leadership, military, national security, organizations, Perception, rambling, Republic, strategy, Strategy and War | 6 comments

• Ruminating on Strategic Thinking

December 21st, 2011 by zen

Posted in analytic, cognition, cultural intelligence, Epistemology, feedback, horizontal thinking, ideas, intelligence, leadership, metacognition, military, military history, organizations, Patterns, Perception, politics, psychology, Questions, rambling, risk, society, strategist, strategy, synthesis, Tactics, theory, uncertainty, war | 10 comments