The Army is probably about as stratified and hierarchical an organization as you will find where everyone has a place in the system from Private to General. That system has existed for literally thousands of years but I believe the social media revolution is creating a virtual flattening like never seen before where anyone withRead… Read more »
Team L of the Graduate School Executive Potential visited United States Army Combined Arms College at Ft. Leavenworth yesterday, Nov. 17. We were hosted by retired Major General Ralph Doughty who is the Chair of Interagency and Multinational Studies. We spent the day in briefing and demos that were geared toward giving us a betterRead… Read more »
NASA hosted our first tweet-up at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, corresponding with the STS-129 Space Shuttle launch. Tweeters from around the world attended — from as far away as the UK, Morocco, and New Zealand. We exposed them to speakers who shared their experiences on what it takes to launch a Shuttle toRead… Read more »
Yes, if one goes by a report in Daily Mail. Read the report for details. Dr D.C.Misra
http://try.webex.com/mk/get/PTB_WWF_LP?TrackID=1020334 Panel discussion today sponsored by Cisco with execs from Coca Cola, Johnson & Johnson, Nokia and several others. Discussions will address topics such as CO2 emissions and the effect on each company’s bottom line. This is quite interesting in light of the upcoming Copenhagen Climate Conference and the looming 2012 expiration of the KyotoRead… Read more »
Today was an outstanding day on all fronts. Our team was quite fortunate to visit two Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) sites and to gather information from and ask questions of 9 different presenters. We were also fortunate to have a high functioning team both in preparing for and in conducting our site visits. The dayRead… Read more »
Team R visited Specialty Fertilizer Products today to learn about their best business practices. All I can say is Wow! Upon entry into the facility I was jealous. The office spaces are gorgeous. Very spacios – warm and inviting. Not to mention that the location is in the middle of a shopping center. Now weRead… Read more »
As part of the EPP training experience in Kansas City, the benchmarking team that I was a part of was assigned to visit Planet Reuse, a small company located about a mile from the EPP venue. Today was a dreary, cold, and rainy day, so we were very happy that it was so close toRead… Read more »
We arrived at the Sprint Center Arena at 1:00 pm and met with Al Tyree, Communications from the Graduate School, in preparation for our scheduled visit with senior leadership members from AEG. We went through security and met Ms. Brenda Tinnen, General Manager, and David Pufford, Director of Operations in one of Sprint Center ArenasRead… Read more »