Hosted by Captain Kevin M. Smith U.S. Navy (Ret.), an expert in critical thinking, the Throttle-Up® radio program represents an innovative format designed to both entertain and inform. He provides a new way to employ critical thinking to consider America, our institutions, and its people in the proper context with respect to the real world. The point of view is “what works.” However, reality is often unpredictable and what works is not always obvious. We must embrace critical thinking in order to understand more productive, non-linear pathways.
It might be surprising to many that one of America’s great critical thinkers was Benjamin Franklin. This may be why we are organized along state lines instead of regions—the state being semi-autonomous. This organization lends itself to greater levels of innovation, experimentation, and small scale prototyping. If programs are first examined at the state level, so as to determine through performance data what works, then success is more likely at the national level.
This is but one example of how we can cut out old thinking, break out of our self-imposed intellectual prison, and re-engineer America’s return to greatness.
This is what Throttle-Up® is all about. We hope you will join us!