Category Archives: Leadership

The Culture of Aircraft Crashes

By | February 13, 2023

[February 13, 2023]   Regular readers of this blog know that one of my jobs is to highlight others who can point out lessons we can learn from the mistakes people make.  Petter Hörnfeldt (Mentour Pilot), a Swedish Captain, shows airline failures, mechanical problems, and the human element and explains why aircraft crashes occur. Hörnfeldt is the creator and… Read More »

You Gotta See This Gal:  Jedediah Bila

By | February 8, 2023

[February 8, 2023]  I’m still laughing.  Moments ago, I listened to a video podcast of a real tiger of a woman, Jedediah Bila.  She’s funny, witty, and really out there on today’s women (and men) affairs and how these they have destroyed themselves when it comes to long-term relationships, family, and security.  Jedediah Bila is an American television… Read More »

Uses & Abuses of Military History

By | February 7, 2023

[February 7, 2023]  My favorite military historian Victor Davis Hanson has a recent article on the uses and abuses of military history.  Once again, he is turning our heads toward a better understanding of our responsibility to encourage learning about war so we don’t repeat past mistakes. “War accelerates and intensifies the human experience.” Military history is based… Read More »

War and Brotherhood

By | February 6, 2023

[February 6, 2023]  At the request of many readers and to pursue what I’ve wanted to do for a long time, I will discuss some of my thoughts on war and brotherhood and try to understand what they mean.  Using common thinking tools, I’ll shed some light on the human mind and, frankly, expand our thinking regarding the… Read More »