| The
9/11 Commission Report: Searching for New Strategies |
7/21/04: With the
release of the 9/11 Commission’s findings on Thursday,
July 21st, a new chapter will open in the U.S. security
field. The attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 may be the most spectacular
and devastating event to convey the true end of the Cold-War
and the beginning of a new age - one focused on ethereal
“security threats” and murky predictions.
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| Reagan's
Committment |
6/7/04: Around the world people
are reflecting on the life and political legacy of Ronald
Reagan. This reflection comes over 15 years after he left
power and is thus focused on the bigger events of his
life. Doing so brings our attention to his successes as
a leader or "sponsor" -- the term this Institute uses
in referring to the legitimizing strength of an authority
behind a deliberate agenda -- of change. |
| Paradigms
and the 9/11 Commission |
6/4/04: Is America's 9/11 Commission
looking into the right questions and issues? Knowing only
what is reported in the public media, it's hard to conclude
that they are. The commissioners and staff appear to be
doing a reasonable "industrial age" review of
processes. But is that enough? |
| Transforming
US Embarrassments at Abu Ghraib Into Positive Lessons |
5/17/04: A few things about leading
complex change are predictable. The main one is that unpredictable
things will happen.
When they do, a leader of change will do one of two things:
Get knocked off his or her plan and let the change initiative
falter; or find a way to “reframe” the unpredictable
event so it helps to reach the change objective. |
READER
RESPONSE 5/26/04:
In response to
Mr. Climer's "Transforming U.S. Embarrassments...,"
I don't disagree with his specific tactical suggestion
but I do take issue with the implied/inferred expected
results.
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