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Tim Ferriss • Ferramentas dos Titãs (Portuguese Edition)
The inability to adjust pay on an individual basis ties directly to the heart of the personnel dilemma facing the Pentagon. Moving from a central-planning system to a market is fraught with uncertainty, as we know from the recent history of Eastern European countries. But at the center of the Gordian knot is how to match supply with demand, whether
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Max Boot • Invisible Armies
... See moreIn 1896, Brooks Adams wrote a book called The Law of Civilization and Decay. Like most late-19th-century commentators, he believed that his country was nearing a watershed in its history. But unless America rallied around a strong leader, the center of world power, which he thought might be about to shift from England to the United States, would
Mike Flynn, taught me a great technique. We were visiting a unit that boasted of having more than 250 intelligence sources (Iraqi civilians recruited to pass information to U.S. forces). I was deeply impressed. Mike then asked a simple question: “Can you describe your very best source? I’ll assume that all the others are less valuable.” The unit
... See moreStanley McChrystal • Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World
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