Tag Archives: strategy

Book Review: Brick By Brick

Posted on July 23, 2014 by nathanalbright

Brick By Brick: How Lego Rewrote The Rules Of Innovation And Conquered The Global Toy Industry, by David C. Robertson with Bill Breen [Note: This book was provided free of charge by Blogging For Books/Crown Business in exchange for an … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The E-Myth Revisited

Posted on July 18, 2014 by nathanalbright

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work And What To Do About It, by Michael E Gerber This particular book was loaned to me by my boss, and I am the sort of person who (perhaps understandably) takes … Continue reading →

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Non-Book Review: Ways Of War

Posted on June 13, 2014 by nathanalbright

Ways Of War: American Military History from the Colonial Era to the Twenty-First Century, by Matthew S. Muehlbauer and David J. Ulbrich About a week and a half ago or so, I happened by chance to catch a call by … Continue reading →

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Non-Book Review: The Battle Of Peach Tree Creek

Posted on June 11, 2014 by nathanalbright

The Battle Of Peach Tree Creek – Hood’s First Sortie – 20 July 1864, by Robert D. Jenkins, Sr. I have had this book for several days, as it came from a new publisher I am reviewing for, the Army … Continue reading →

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Non-Book Review: Rebalancing U.S. Forces

Posted on June 6, 2014 by nathanalbright

Rebalancing U.S. Forces: Basing and Forward Presence in the Asia-Pacific, edited by Carnes Lord and Andrew S. Erickson This is the sort of book that I really enjoy reading that is probably not going to have a very large reading … Continue reading →

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Feudalism In Contemporary Thought And Practice

Posted on April 4, 2014 by nathanalbright

We tend to think of feudalism as a relic of the Middle Ages, an alien concept involving European (or Japanese) nobles fighting constantly and maneuvering for prestige and advantage in ways that are inefficient for the realms that they serve … Continue reading →

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Exit Planning

Posted on January 5, 2014 by nathanalbright

This evening, between about 6:30PM and 9:30PM, including dinner and desserts, there was an exit meeting for the Northwest Weekend [1] to discuss what happened, what went well, and what could be done better or differently in the future. At … Continue reading →

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Alea Iacta Est

Posted on November 8, 2013 by nathanalbright

Julius Ceasar, like many great military commanders, was a bit of a gambler. According to the Roman historian Suetonius, the general made a quotation of the Greek poet Menander when he made the fateful step of crossing over the provincial … Continue reading →

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The Exigencies Of The Moment

Posted on October 30, 2013 by nathanalbright

All too often in life, especially in these present days, we live by the exigencies of the moment. This is not only true at the individual level, but it is also true at the institutional level as well as the … Continue reading →

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It’s Better Late Than Never

Posted on July 22, 2013 by nathanalbright

Those who know me well know that I am the sort of person who likes to plan and prepare, even if I tend to be fairly quiet and low-key about the sort of plans I make (for generally good reasons). … Continue reading →

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