Month: April 2018

Throttle-Up Episode: April 28, 2018

Special Edition: Military strategy and defeating enemy forces. Captain Smith clarifies what he means by military strategy and how we should think about military force with respect to America in this complex world.

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Throttle-Up Episode: April 21, 2018

Captain Smith continues  examining critical thinking and complex problem solving.  Then he discusses military strategy as it applies to the recent Syrian strike and what we need to consider.

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Throttle-Up Episode: April 14, 2018

This week Captain Smith discusses knowledge acquisition and asks what  knowledge is, why we need it, and how we get it.  Also, what is reliable knowledge, what is fake knowledge, and how do we distinguish between the two?  He continues discussing the process of inquiry and discovery.

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Throttle-Up Episode: April 7, 2018

Special Edition: Critical thinking in complex environments, part II.  The world of the “solution providers”: (1) their new business opportunities (check out the Future of Jobs Report) and booming economy, (2) Q & A with a solutions provider, (3) a design thinking tutorial, and (4) the process of inquiry and discovery.

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