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As I haven’t posted here in a long while, I thought I would share my response to a professor’s encouragement to try to describe what is happening today in the world and what may follow. I know at least one person who enjoyed it (http://erzaaruqaj.com/) As I am amidst a transformation from national security analyst […]
December 31, 2012
Blended learning is a disruptive innovation in education that can take many forms. As an Adjunct with UMUC. I have taught traditional face-2-face, hybrid, and online course work. As this infographic portrays, the hybrid classes seemed to be the most beneficial to my students. Below Knewton, a technology company based in NYC, looks at what blended learning is, why it’s spreading, […]
November 23, 2012
Last week I referred to a Foreign Policy blog post by Micah Zenko and how it relates to my transition from national security studies to peace studies. I’d like to share that post here in its entirety as it is definitely something I am ruminating on. First, the “security paradox” that General Dempsey refers to […]
August 14, 2012
Adding to articles here on distruptive innovations, I found this article by Peadar Coyle at the Hybrid Reality Institute that discusses emerging practices in education and skill development. Hybrid Education: The Evidence Grows by Peadar Coyle It is said that education is something people have strong opinions about. A growing literature has emerged around randomized evaluations […]
July 26, 2012
Success used to be related to experience, knowledge, and skill. A few things have changed. The world of work is increasingly complex—uncertain and volatile, global and diverse—and information is easier to access. As a result, experience and knowledge are less relevant, whereas the capacities to learn and adapt, be resilient, and connect with others have become […]
July 25, 2012
by Chris Williams (Thinking Like a Cheetah) If necessity is the mother of all invention, then concept is the father of technology. While needs produce items of necessity, ideas produce items of ingenuity. Realistically no one needed an airplane in 1903, but that didn’t stop the Wright brothers from making their first flight. This same […]
July 24, 2012
by Chris Williams (Thinking Like a Cheetah) Synergy has become this weird new expression of the latest orthodox of American Management. Misused, overused and even less understood, synergy, by definition is also called synergism; the potential ability of organizations or groups to be more successful or productive as a result of a merger. Synergy is more […]
July 23, 2012
Clay Christensen, Harvard Business School professor and the world’s most influential management guru according to the Thinkers50, lays out his landmark theory of disruptive innovation as portrayed in the book The Innovator’s Dilemma .
July 22, 2012
As I prepare to head out this week for a conference on Joint Concept Development and Experimentation, I thought that “disruptive innovation” would be a good theme for this week’s posts. Unfortunately, there will be no tweeting or blogging from the conference because of the classification of the conference and facilities. However this week’s posts […]
July 16, 2012
Part II of a reblog from Small Wars Journal Disruptive Technology and Reforming the Pentagon Establishment—Part II The Origin of MRAPs in DoD by Thaddeus L. Jankowski “Dear Mr. Secretary, thank you for your letter of June 27th 2011…As I noted when you were here in June you had my back throughout that time. More […]
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