Polo players are often particular and want specific features on a mallet. Mallets are not cheap so excellence is requested! Sometimes customers are not happy with a product and desire to make a return. Some companies return these product right away without questions while others may haggle with the customer. While any business should be aware of misuse of an open return policy we at Escanaba Polo Mallet Company work hard to return products promptly and without customer hassle.
Situation: The customer ordered the product and had a number of expectations when ordering that were not inherent within the product listing. I cannot tell whether or not the person was a beginning polo player or a seasoned player but she was particular. It did appear that she had a perception that the mallet would be identical to the ones that are sold for $200.
Our practice mallet retails currently for around $70 and focused on those who are seeking to practice the game. The mallets can be used in more professional game play but that isn't their target market. Knowing your target market will help in creating greater focus on advertisements and products. Here are some of the differences:
Professional Mallet: We will have a new professional line coming out for $150 where the high polish, perfect straight bamboo poles, and wonderfully made cigar heads.
Practice Mallet: A high quality mallet for around $70 that may not have a perfectly straight bamboo pole and a custom traditional tube type head.
Sometimes customers want specific requirements but purchase the cheaper model with the wrong expectations in mind. When this happens it is important to return the product promptly to raise customer service. In this case, we let her keep the mallet as a good faith gesture because we believe in our products and returned her money. This isn't something we would normally do for everyone (we expect the mallet back) but we wanted her to understand we are a kind company that seeks to do the right thing.
However, we also learned from this situation and are going to update our listing to be sure that customers understand through updated listings that these are practice mallets and not professional mallets with perfectly polished heads and super straight bamboo shafts. Our practice mallets are considered very high quality and have received excellent reviews (100%). Our focus is polo clubs that want multiple affordable mallets and people who want mallets for practice but don't want to pay $200. They are also great for professional game play but that would be more of our future professional mallet line.
Escanaba Polo Mallet Company is a good works company that supports the game of polo and donates much of its money to orphans and children's development.
Friday, July 10, 2020
Thursday, July 9, 2020
President Donald J. Trump’s America First Policies are Uplifting and Empowering Hispanic Americans
The discussion revolved around Hispanic/Latino Americans and education. School choice versus mandatory public education is something people have debated for some time. We know that there are underperforming schools where people are not receiving proper education and I'm aware of private schools that were more interested in the money then educating students. So there are some room for debate and difference here.
To me I think that school choice does allow for some level of competition that reduces the stagnation of some underperforming public schools. At the same time, some private schools are more innovative but also push down the wages and quality of their teachers. So perhaps there is a balance that can be played between the two. I'm wondering if more school choice will lead to innovation but there should be some criteria on those schools to ensure they fulfill their missions of educating students.
That might allow for more specialized schools that are focused on certain types of skills that are needed in the market. Of course that also has its own problems so certainly tweaking is necessary. Another option is to ensure these schools work with universities and education professors. That would also require more research and innovation in Gen Ed education. The world is changing and faster bits of information and new technologies need to be part of our educational process.
I'm not opposed to keeping public schools if they are focused on change and innovation but that isn't always what happens. At the same time I have seen charter schools really take advantage of educational monies and penny pinch to keep profits high. There must be some middle ground somewhere. I guess we could look at a couple of ideas. Mostly we have to make a decision of when public schools work and when it best to open up to school choice to help minorities. There are a lot of stakeholders that will have different opinions.
I guess we have to go back to the original purpose on educating students and what doesn't work should be radically changed so that we can give people opportunities and improve our nation. All the other arguments are just sort of noise and excuses for a dysfunctional education system. The primary stakeholder is the children and everything else sort of should take back stage...but not too far back.
Maybe a few unvetted and not really thought out ideas include...
1. Strong metrics on schools
2. When educational output is low we open up more school choice help students move to other schools.
3. Regulate charters better to ensure they fulfill their functions.
4. Work with schools and revamp them to improve performance if they are not working.
5. Engage much more in reading and primary education.
6. Solicit minorities and others to help support early education and educational attainment in these communities.
7. Review educational examples and methods to universalize them to a global world that accepts all cultures.
8. Support advanced intelligence and highly capable students from different backgrounds so we can raise stronger leaders and create a more universal leadership in the nation around core principles.
9. Tons of other unvetted ideas......
The press release was taken from HERE.
Information on the Round Table with Hispanics HERE
To me I think that school choice does allow for some level of competition that reduces the stagnation of some underperforming public schools. At the same time, some private schools are more innovative but also push down the wages and quality of their teachers. So perhaps there is a balance that can be played between the two. I'm wondering if more school choice will lead to innovation but there should be some criteria on those schools to ensure they fulfill their missions of educating students.
That might allow for more specialized schools that are focused on certain types of skills that are needed in the market. Of course that also has its own problems so certainly tweaking is necessary. Another option is to ensure these schools work with universities and education professors. That would also require more research and innovation in Gen Ed education. The world is changing and faster bits of information and new technologies need to be part of our educational process.
I'm not opposed to keeping public schools if they are focused on change and innovation but that isn't always what happens. At the same time I have seen charter schools really take advantage of educational monies and penny pinch to keep profits high. There must be some middle ground somewhere. I guess we could look at a couple of ideas. Mostly we have to make a decision of when public schools work and when it best to open up to school choice to help minorities. There are a lot of stakeholders that will have different opinions.
I guess we have to go back to the original purpose on educating students and what doesn't work should be radically changed so that we can give people opportunities and improve our nation. All the other arguments are just sort of noise and excuses for a dysfunctional education system. The primary stakeholder is the children and everything else sort of should take back stage...but not too far back.
Maybe a few unvetted and not really thought out ideas include...
1. Strong metrics on schools
2. When educational output is low we open up more school choice help students move to other schools.
3. Regulate charters better to ensure they fulfill their functions.
4. Work with schools and revamp them to improve performance if they are not working.
5. Engage much more in reading and primary education.
6. Solicit minorities and others to help support early education and educational attainment in these communities.
7. Review educational examples and methods to universalize them to a global world that accepts all cultures.
8. Support advanced intelligence and highly capable students from different backgrounds so we can raise stronger leaders and create a more universal leadership in the nation around core principles.
9. Tons of other unvetted ideas......
The press release was taken from HERE.
Information on the Round Table with Hispanics HERE
President Donald J. Trump’s America First Policies are Uplifting and Empowering Hispanic Americans
QUOTE
EMPOWERING HISPANIC AMERICANS: President Donald J. Trump is taking significant action to ensure Hispanic Americans continue to prosper and achieve the American Dream.
- President Donald J. Trump is issuing an Executive Order focused on promoting the success of every member of America’s proud Hispanic community.
- This Executive Order establishes the White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative and Interagency Working Group.
- The Initiative also establishes the President’s Advisory Commission on Hispanic Prosperity.
- The Order will improve access to educational, training, and economic opportunities for Hispanic American students by promoting options to enhance school choice, personalized learning, family engagement, civics education, and pathways to in-demand jobs.
- This action further demonstrates the President’s support of school choice, apprenticeships and work-based learning initiatives, Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), as well as investment in economically distressed communities and small and minority owned businesses.
UPLIFTING HISPANIC AMERICAN WORKERS AND FAMILIES: As history has shown, Hispanic American workers and families thrive under President Trump’s pro-growth policies.
- Before the coronavirus pandemic, the Hispanic unemployment rate reached a record low of 3.9% under the leadership of President Trump.
- Hispanic unemployment remained under 5% for 23 consecutive months and fell below 5% 27 times during the President’s first term.
- In 2018, the poverty rate for Hispanic Americans reached the lowest level on record.
- Since 2016, nearly 611,000 Hispanic Americans have been lifted out of poverty.
- Under the Administration’s pro-growth policies, median income for Hispanic households reached a historic high, surpassing $50,000 for the first time on record.
- The President’s tax cuts are putting more money into the pockets of Hispanic American families and providing new resources for minority-owned businesses.
SUPPORTING HISPANIC AMERICAN COMMUNITIES: President Trump’s policies continue to support Hispanic American families and promote their communities.
- Under President Trump’s leadership, new jobs and investment are pouring into nearly 9,000 newly-designated Opportunity Zones, home to more than 9 million Hispanic Americans.
- In 2018, a net 362,000 Hispanics achieved the dream of homeownership—the largest such gain since 2005.
- President Trump is expanding educational opportunity for Hispanic American families through school choice and expanded higher education support.
- Nearly one-third of all students in public charter schools and 11% in private schools are Hispanic.
- One of Florida’s private school scholarship programs serves more than 100,000 students, nearly 40% of whom are Hispanic.
- The President signed legislation that provides $1 billion to Minority Serving Institutions, including HSIs.
Hotel Del Coronado Fountain-The Meaning and Beauty of Fountains
I'm a big fan of fountains as they create an atmosphere of eloquence and depth in a way that can spruce up any neighborhood. This is the one outside Hotel Del Coronado. Obviously this is a luxury hotel so the crown is kind of cool. Despite its posche image there is a long history of this hotel starting in 1887. Presidents and celebrities flocked here.
....and of course the deeper psychological/cultural meanings of fountains.
In history, psychology and dream interpretation fountains are seen as rejuvenation, bringing to awareness, and life in general. Water is rejuvenated and brought forth clean in a way that one lives a good life. Most of the water is underneath and it represents bubbling forward of knowledge and awareness. At least this is what the cultural and psychological interpretations mean.
Either way...they are cool pieces of architecture.
....and of course the deeper psychological/cultural meanings of fountains.
In history, psychology and dream interpretation fountains are seen as rejuvenation, bringing to awareness, and life in general. Water is rejuvenated and brought forth clean in a way that one lives a good life. Most of the water is underneath and it represents bubbling forward of knowledge and awareness. At least this is what the cultural and psychological interpretations mean.
Either way...they are cool pieces of architecture.
Govenor Whitmer Discusses COVID-19 -Bias in Healthcare-Test Your Impressions with Word Association
Governor Whitmer discusses the up tick in COVID cases and the need to be more diligent. In addition there is further training for healthcare professionals on bias. Healthcare and poverty are big issues. I didn't see the statistics but I would suspect that poor health also hits rural White, Hispanics and others. That doesn't minimize the influence of discrimination as access to opportunities is part of a Capitalistic society where people can earn based on their abilities no matter what their background or creed. We don't really have that type of society and in many ways designed laws that are not truly promoting of different types of businesses, opening of opportunities, etc... It seems we are starting to think about it and work on it. It will be the challenge of our time that both Republicans and Democrats will start thinking about (not trying to get political here).
Randy Rash is the dean of the college of nursing (not sure where) and discusses implicit bias. Implicit bias exists and impacts our society. It is our "monkey" brain and jumps to quick answers without critical thought. I and my children have been subject to that implicit bias as short-sighted individuals engaged in coordinated harassment. They couldn't look beyond the color of a jersey, skin, or their own poor self image. So..yes much of what we decide about people isn't directly in our conscious focus. The silver lining is that some of those who who could have been mislead were not and acted on an inner gut feeling that the information was incorrect. Still it is there and we have to learn to deal with it.
I think word association is one way we can quickly and imperfectly check.
Choose some words that represent other people and take notice of the first things you think of. Think in terms of race, religion, opposing political views, etc... that really are controversial for you and make you feel uncomfortable. Then take a few minutes and think about some alternative impressions and you may find that the "monkey brain" makes quick judgments (Process #1) and our slower rational brain (Process #2) is more logical. With training we can learn when process #1 can help us react quickly to danger and when when #2 can help us think more logically and strategically. This is often the case with people who develop their mental powers and their ability to switch between one and the other. It is important to remember that process #1 "monkey brain" isn't necessarily bad in situations where someone is being chased by a lion, roving gang of criminals, or in war but it isn't always as accurate as process #2 when we had a chance to think about it for a while. It has something to do with the prefrontal cortex and how the other networks in our heads work, draw and process information.
Randy Rash is the dean of the college of nursing (not sure where) and discusses implicit bias. Implicit bias exists and impacts our society. It is our "monkey" brain and jumps to quick answers without critical thought. I and my children have been subject to that implicit bias as short-sighted individuals engaged in coordinated harassment. They couldn't look beyond the color of a jersey, skin, or their own poor self image. So..yes much of what we decide about people isn't directly in our conscious focus. The silver lining is that some of those who who could have been mislead were not and acted on an inner gut feeling that the information was incorrect. Still it is there and we have to learn to deal with it.
I think word association is one way we can quickly and imperfectly check.
Choose some words that represent other people and take notice of the first things you think of. Think in terms of race, religion, opposing political views, etc... that really are controversial for you and make you feel uncomfortable. Then take a few minutes and think about some alternative impressions and you may find that the "monkey brain" makes quick judgments (Process #1) and our slower rational brain (Process #2) is more logical. With training we can learn when process #1 can help us react quickly to danger and when when #2 can help us think more logically and strategically. This is often the case with people who develop their mental powers and their ability to switch between one and the other. It is important to remember that process #1 "monkey brain" isn't necessarily bad in situations where someone is being chased by a lion, roving gang of criminals, or in war but it isn't always as accurate as process #2 when we had a chance to think about it for a while. It has something to do with the prefrontal cortex and how the other networks in our heads work, draw and process information.
Self-Identity and the Bind Eye in the Creation of Systematic Injustice
Justice in the U.S. should be neutral in the sense that it is blind to things like color, religion and other differences. Within the human mind is the ability discern between those that are similar and those that are different. When someone looks like us we are much more likely to hire them and given them the benefit of the doubt while those who look different are much more likely to be seen as having negative traits. When this behavior becomes common place it impacts entire populations.
As one sits and judges a situation those that look similar and come from similar backgrounds are likely to have better options and escape justice than those that look different. It is those similarities that occur over and over in the justice system and in social affairs.
We think this issue occurs only on the ground level but can impact even the investigation of crime and the eventual judgement of who gets judged and who doesn't.
I'm not being a radical here. What I'm saying is that if we want a powerful nation and justice to stand for a level of truth we need to start thinking about what is going on deep in the brain.
Think this can't happen? A study looking at different cultural backgrounds and how they judged faces found that there were noticeable differences even in the evaluation of baby faces (Lehanya, Reddy, Karodia, 2015).
Baby's faces? Wow!
The study really isn't about justice but it does highlight how justice can be skewed by cultural laden perceptions of even baby's faces through ethnocentric viewpoints. We are not always talking about in your face discrimination but that kind which comes from friend or foe evaluations based in our past tribal existence.
What?
We have been programmed for a long time to view people with similar characteristics and friends in the wild for survival and those with different characteristics as potential threat. This deeply rooted survival technique makes its way into the modern court system.
Those who look different and have different religions or lifestyles are likely going to get the short end of the justice stick. Those who look the same and share similarities that allow the judges and officials to see themselves in the other person spark their empathy and in turn less punishment.
Deep in our brain we have learned to create our self-image from those around us in a "looking glass self" sort of theoretical perspective. Those who are different have less connections to our view of our selves from an neurological perspective.
How does this play in out in a real life situation?
Lets say you have one person that looks like you and has the same religious beliefs while you have someone who looks different and has a different religious beliefs. Someone is going to choose between them. This doesn't necessarily mean a judge it could be a group of "judgy" people n a sports club, social club, judges, law enforcement, administrators, political groups, or any other social entity. It is any place where people compare and judge themselves against the views of others.
One of these people are from your social group and the other isn't. One you know to be like you and the other is different. The person who looks the same gets blind support even when their actions constitute a crime because others are encouraged to rally against the "enemy". Of course the "enemy" in this case may actually be the more honest person trying to be helpful while protecting their kids.
That doesn't matter because the halo effect and discriminator viewpoints skewed all of the information presented to a maladapted vantage point. People who would normally be rational become irrational and justified in inappropriate behaviors.
Facts, truth, critical thinking, etc... have no function in irrationality. This heuristic and often skewed thinking happens on the street and in courtrooms and other places throughout our nation. We are not judging by the quality of character but by the quality of our ability to see ourselves and others accurately.
If we are going to grow as a nation we have to start thinking about Justice on a more holistic level. We should have evolved by now as a species to look beyond brand clothing, misinformation, color, political status, religion and much more. We should be thinking about the entire national system and our chance to create something better for our children. If we want to act and judge like monkeys than we will likely find each generation becoming weaker while if we are able to enlighten ourselves we can continue our developmental path to improve our world for the next generation. Justice shouldn't be skewed by our need to justify our own self-worth by condemning the different and praising the profane. American values are about equality and opportunity and self-development.....there are those who support national development and there are those who thwart it in their own self-interest.
Lehanya, S., Reddy, N., Karodia, A. (2015). Evaluation of Municiple Manager's Roles in Strategic Implementation. International Journal of Cross-Cultural Studies, (5), 1-2. Like Here
As one sits and judges a situation those that look similar and come from similar backgrounds are likely to have better options and escape justice than those that look different. It is those similarities that occur over and over in the justice system and in social affairs.
We think this issue occurs only on the ground level but can impact even the investigation of crime and the eventual judgement of who gets judged and who doesn't.
I'm not being a radical here. What I'm saying is that if we want a powerful nation and justice to stand for a level of truth we need to start thinking about what is going on deep in the brain.
Think this can't happen? A study looking at different cultural backgrounds and how they judged faces found that there were noticeable differences even in the evaluation of baby faces (Lehanya, Reddy, Karodia, 2015).
Baby's faces? Wow!
The study really isn't about justice but it does highlight how justice can be skewed by cultural laden perceptions of even baby's faces through ethnocentric viewpoints. We are not always talking about in your face discrimination but that kind which comes from friend or foe evaluations based in our past tribal existence.
What?
We have been programmed for a long time to view people with similar characteristics and friends in the wild for survival and those with different characteristics as potential threat. This deeply rooted survival technique makes its way into the modern court system.
Those who look different and have different religions or lifestyles are likely going to get the short end of the justice stick. Those who look the same and share similarities that allow the judges and officials to see themselves in the other person spark their empathy and in turn less punishment.
Deep in our brain we have learned to create our self-image from those around us in a "looking glass self" sort of theoretical perspective. Those who are different have less connections to our view of our selves from an neurological perspective.
How does this play in out in a real life situation?
Lets say you have one person that looks like you and has the same religious beliefs while you have someone who looks different and has a different religious beliefs. Someone is going to choose between them. This doesn't necessarily mean a judge it could be a group of "judgy" people n a sports club, social club, judges, law enforcement, administrators, political groups, or any other social entity. It is any place where people compare and judge themselves against the views of others.
One of these people are from your social group and the other isn't. One you know to be like you and the other is different. The person who looks the same gets blind support even when their actions constitute a crime because others are encouraged to rally against the "enemy". Of course the "enemy" in this case may actually be the more honest person trying to be helpful while protecting their kids.
That doesn't matter because the halo effect and discriminator viewpoints skewed all of the information presented to a maladapted vantage point. People who would normally be rational become irrational and justified in inappropriate behaviors.
Facts, truth, critical thinking, etc... have no function in irrationality. This heuristic and often skewed thinking happens on the street and in courtrooms and other places throughout our nation. We are not judging by the quality of character but by the quality of our ability to see ourselves and others accurately.
If we are going to grow as a nation we have to start thinking about Justice on a more holistic level. We should have evolved by now as a species to look beyond brand clothing, misinformation, color, political status, religion and much more. We should be thinking about the entire national system and our chance to create something better for our children. If we want to act and judge like monkeys than we will likely find each generation becoming weaker while if we are able to enlighten ourselves we can continue our developmental path to improve our world for the next generation. Justice shouldn't be skewed by our need to justify our own self-worth by condemning the different and praising the profane. American values are about equality and opportunity and self-development.....there are those who support national development and there are those who thwart it in their own self-interest.
Lehanya, S., Reddy, N., Karodia, A. (2015). Evaluation of Municiple Manager's Roles in Strategic Implementation. International Journal of Cross-Cultural Studies, (5), 1-2. Like Here
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
FBI Director Christopher Wray Discusses China-Ideas on How to Improve a National Response
FBI Director Christopher Wray discussed the growing problem and nearly 50% of active counter-intelligence cases that impacts economic activities in the U.S. Increases of 1,300% of data theft have been seen as of late. Using military and non-state hackers to target information areas for exploitation. Chinese data theft activities are coordinated and must eventually be evaluated centrally to find associations between knowledge and information. Some people are being swept up within the national grinding of cultures without actually knowing it. As the threat looms on their is increasing need to find successful strategies.
The Chinese have been stealing information for a long time...perhaps even beyond 2 decades. We know that because there have been targeted theft to large databases. You can kind of look at the dates and sort of figure out what type of information they are trying to access and cross analyze when you conduct an environmental scan. That information is being sifted and scoured to gather intelligence on people and in turn influence their competitive stance.
Think of this as as a large scale method of finding, attracting, and gathering information in inadvertent smaller ways that lead to the creation of large data bases and development of complex models.
One reason why the Chinese have been doing this and others have not been so successful is because they have a central Communist Party with a structured hierarchy. That allows for faster copying and adaptation but it doesn't necessary improve "innovation". Innovation comes from clusters and networks where individuals have more freedom to explore ideas and act on them. Research supports Capitalism, exploration, motivation, and market driven innovation for leaps in development. However, having more top-down control can take and act on existing information more quickly making the nation hungry for new information.
FBI Director Christopher Wray discusses China espionage. https://www.fbi.gov/news/speeches/the-threat-posed-by-the-chinese-government-and-the-chinese-communist-party-to-the-economic-and-national-security-of-the-united-states
National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien's Comments
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/chinese-communist-partys-ideology-global-ambitions/
Here are a few not well thought out ideas......(this is a blog not an academic journal 👀)
1. Invest in Data Storage: Block chain and other methods that disperse and encrypt large data without slowing down recall can help improve protection.
2. Update Data Infrastructure: Create improved data infrastructure (as well as other essential infrastructure) to improve protection and movement of resources.
3. Invest in Universities: Ensure that universities are integrating more science into their curriculum for higher technology type work.
4. Recruit Diversely into the Intelligence Community: Recruit from a wide range of people for intelligence positions. Innovation doesn't come from one way of thinking and solving problems means data "crunchers", actors, artists, scientists, psychologists, diversity (ethnic, religious, racial) and much more. Think in terms of functional teams.
5. Foster the Gifted: Foster the gifted and advanced individuals so that you can improve innovation in industry as well as make the intelligence community leap beyond current abilities. When necessary they have the ability to solve novel problems and find moving patterns in large data sets to make predictive modeling.
6. Tap Big Data: Have a better understanding of Big Data, AI, and other methods of making sense of large amounts of data.
7. Fund Academic Research: Fund research on certain projects that will help the entire level improve.
8. System Thinking Managers/Leads: If you are going to run an intelligence network you need system thinkers that can impact and adjust entire chains of functioning as well as understand foreign chains.
9. Partner: Partner with other nations on crucial projects and be willing to create win-win vs win-lose situations.
10. Foster Core American Principles: Foster core American principles as well as "Intelligence Principles" based on strong inner values and commitment to the bigger principles of American values and the advancement of society in large.
11. Management Structure: Create a management structure where central processes exist but there is exploration of ideas when they are relevant to a case.
12. Ask Academics to Help: Asking and partnering with universities/academics can make a big difference in extending the power of our intelligence community exponentially.
13. Training Military/Academic Thinking: Adjust training to include different ways of looking at information through partnerships that create training that pushes people to break molds of thinking.
The Chinese have been stealing information for a long time...perhaps even beyond 2 decades. We know that because there have been targeted theft to large databases. You can kind of look at the dates and sort of figure out what type of information they are trying to access and cross analyze when you conduct an environmental scan. That information is being sifted and scoured to gather intelligence on people and in turn influence their competitive stance.
Think of this as as a large scale method of finding, attracting, and gathering information in inadvertent smaller ways that lead to the creation of large data bases and development of complex models.
One reason why the Chinese have been doing this and others have not been so successful is because they have a central Communist Party with a structured hierarchy. That allows for faster copying and adaptation but it doesn't necessary improve "innovation". Innovation comes from clusters and networks where individuals have more freedom to explore ideas and act on them. Research supports Capitalism, exploration, motivation, and market driven innovation for leaps in development. However, having more top-down control can take and act on existing information more quickly making the nation hungry for new information.
FBI Director Christopher Wray discusses China espionage. https://www.fbi.gov/news/speeches/the-threat-posed-by-the-chinese-government-and-the-chinese-communist-party-to-the-economic-and-national-security-of-the-united-states
National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien's Comments
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/chinese-communist-partys-ideology-global-ambitions/
Here are a few not well thought out ideas......(this is a blog not an academic journal 👀)
1. Invest in Data Storage: Block chain and other methods that disperse and encrypt large data without slowing down recall can help improve protection.
2. Update Data Infrastructure: Create improved data infrastructure (as well as other essential infrastructure) to improve protection and movement of resources.
3. Invest in Universities: Ensure that universities are integrating more science into their curriculum for higher technology type work.
4. Recruit Diversely into the Intelligence Community: Recruit from a wide range of people for intelligence positions. Innovation doesn't come from one way of thinking and solving problems means data "crunchers", actors, artists, scientists, psychologists, diversity (ethnic, religious, racial) and much more. Think in terms of functional teams.
5. Foster the Gifted: Foster the gifted and advanced individuals so that you can improve innovation in industry as well as make the intelligence community leap beyond current abilities. When necessary they have the ability to solve novel problems and find moving patterns in large data sets to make predictive modeling.
6. Tap Big Data: Have a better understanding of Big Data, AI, and other methods of making sense of large amounts of data.
7. Fund Academic Research: Fund research on certain projects that will help the entire level improve.
8. System Thinking Managers/Leads: If you are going to run an intelligence network you need system thinkers that can impact and adjust entire chains of functioning as well as understand foreign chains.
9. Partner: Partner with other nations on crucial projects and be willing to create win-win vs win-lose situations.
10. Foster Core American Principles: Foster core American principles as well as "Intelligence Principles" based on strong inner values and commitment to the bigger principles of American values and the advancement of society in large.
11. Management Structure: Create a management structure where central processes exist but there is exploration of ideas when they are relevant to a case.
12. Ask Academics to Help: Asking and partnering with universities/academics can make a big difference in extending the power of our intelligence community exponentially.
13. Training Military/Academic Thinking: Adjust training to include different ways of looking at information through partnerships that create training that pushes people to break molds of thinking.
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
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