RECOMMENDED READING
TOP BILLING!: John Hagel – “Blindness to the Deep Structures of Globalization” ( h/t to John)
“Our business institutions over the past centuries have focused on scaling push programs. Toyota and other pioneers of lean manufacturing “pull” systems have more recently begun to pursue limited pull approaches among a limited number of business partners. The next wave of innovation will focus on the development and deployment of pull platforms across a very large number of institutions. These pull platforms will not only transform business institutions, but other forms of institutions as well.
Traditional educational institutions represent classic examples of push programs. We project far in advance what students should learn and then develop curricula and programs to push that knowledge at the appropriate time. Just like the push programs in business, that model is now coming apart at the seams.”
Juice Analytics – ““Business Intelligence isn’t a technical problem, it’s a social problem”
Thomas P.M. Barnett – “The side I’ve always been on“
SWJ Blog – “COIN: The Ability and Willingness to Adapt“
Kent’s Imperative -“Public debate of intelligence issues“
LTC. Rick Francona -“Memo to Tehran: Give it up! “
Aqoul – “Collier Theodorich Lounsbury: The unofficial biography“
For those familiar with Col and his distinctive online personality, amusing.
Crossroads Arabia -“WaPo on Saudi Arabia’s Independent Foreign Policy
Recommended Viewing:
Victor Davis Hanson interview at Conversations with History.
That’s it!
April 1st, 2007 at 7:58 pm
Tom’s thread, and his interaction with readers, is very cool. I posted a short reply that’s not up yet, but until then… Iran is worthless.
April 5th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
So what would a better system be for education? A pull system would be of limited use since the raw materials (children) are produced independently of future demand. Would a hybrid system work better, or is there some other paradigm altogether that needs to be used?