With his doctorate from Princeton, Army Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, has become the prime example of a special breed of soldier: the warrior-scholar, trained in history and politics as well as how to fight wars. Now there’s a variation on the theme: the warrior mathematician, adept in the complex modeling that [...]
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U.S. ‘Connects The Dots’ To Catch Roadside Bombers
Posted: December 6, 2010 in Social Network, Sosyal AğTags: Social Network
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On the tarmac of Osvaldo Vieira, the international airport of the West African coastal country of Guinea-Bissau, sits a once-elegant Gulfstream jet, which in the normal course of events would have no reason to land in a country with no business opportunities and virtually no economy. In recent years, however, Guinea-Bissau has emerged as a [...]
Strange as it sounds, loneliness may be contagious The holiday season is entering the home stretch, but flu season is just getting going. And so, we’re warned, the upcoming New Year’s parties and homeward airplane trips and visits to the mall to return our gifts won’t just mean encounters with crowds, they will mean opportunities [...]
Human Capital x Social Capital = Productivity and Innovation
Posted: December 16, 2009 in Social NetworkTags: Social Capital
As a culture we like to think of our achievements as the triumph of the individual. But last week I used a memorable chicken breeding example to show you that group performance outweighs individual performance in a group environment because a focus on individual performance comes at a cost to the group performance. The reality [...]
