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The Middle East and the Cost of Strategic Inconsistency

The Cipher Brief

Even though he knew that meeting with the Saudi leadership would cost him politically at home and possibly upset several senior members of his own administration, he nevertheless went to Jeddah because he rightly put the trip in its proper strategic context. leadership to support and enable these invaluable military initiatives.

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Characteristics of a Culture of Innovation: Tackle the Tensions to Thrive In Invention

Exadel

While company culture certainly grows organically, leadership plays an essential role in nurturing this growth. It’s clear that leadership’s values, and the continual alignment of decision-making to those values, is a large component of what becomes a company’s culture. Sounds easy, right? 1) Go All In and Maintain Delicate Balance .

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What keeps me up at night? None of your business!

Strategy Driven

NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, that’s what! Coffee – shower – exercise – the news. Attitude , The Little Green Book of Getting Your Way , The Little Platinum Book of Cha-Ching , The Little Teal Book of Trust , The Little Book of Leadership , and Social BOOM! None of your business! ! “What keeps you up at night?”

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From Solar Sunrise to Solar Winds: The Questionable Value of Two Decades of Cybersecurity Advice

Haft of the Spear

If the “wake-up call” associated with both the sovereign-state and non-state-actor threats was not ringing with the events of The Cuckoo’s Egg , the pounding on the door by hotel security was Eligible Receiver 97 (ER97): a no-notice interoperability exercise that had both physical and cyberspace components to it.

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3 Ways to Lift Morale with Team Building in London

Strategy Driven

None of us like feeling like outcasts, least of all when we go to work. There is an endless array of potential team building activities which have proven to be effective training and motivational tools. Creating a happier and more productive work environment should be a constant consideration for any good manager. Treasure Hunt.

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Remote PI Planning, One Year Later: Lessons Learned & Improvements Made

Gorilla Logic

The passion, dedication, and leadership never ceases to impress us. Prior to implemefnting this change, we had a separate small enhancement list that was shared across the entire train. This exercise requires having all of the teams present at kickoff meetings and stories pointed prior to the PI Planning.

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Our Once and Future Wisdom: Re-acquiring Lost Institutional Knowledge

The Agile Manager

The classic reference case was usually some report people spent hours crafting every month that they distributed to dozens of managers and executives, none of whom read it because they didn't know what it was for. A working foundation of facts is better than none, but facts are of limited value without context.

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