A fascinating profile of the US Army’s top enlisted leader, Sgt Maj Michael Grinston, reminds me very much of the brilliant modesty found in American heroes like President Grant. …while much of Grinston’s motivation over the years stems from his belief and desire to be with and help soldiers, that doesn’t mean his soldiers always … Continue reading “He seemed to find it surprising soldiers would have good things to say about him”→
The NSA in October 2021 posted a headline with the interesting title “Long lost and rare Italian cipher machine found“. That sounds innocent enough, yet check out the wobbly history they published along with it: At the outbreak of WWII in 1939, Nazi Germany’s Enigma encryption machine stood as the state-of-the art method for sending … Continue reading NSA Finds Lost “Rare Italian Cipher Machine” in its Collection→
An neuroscience article from 2017 in HBR lays out the premise that improving trust has direct and immediate benefits to productivity: Compared with people at low-trust companies, people at high-trust companies report: 74% less stress, 106% more energy at work, 50% higher productivity, 13% fewer sick days, 76% more engagement, 29% more satisfaction with their … Continue reading If Trust is Good for Business, Who Defines Fairness in Vulnerability?→
The WarZone has a back-and-forth analysis of a second raid on Pearl Harbor, by long-range “flying boat” bombers from Japan, that leaves the reader (or maybe it’s just me) scratching their head. They had been able to intercept and read U.S. weather reports that would have helped find a window with clear weather over Pearl … Continue reading Japanese attack after Pearl Harbor was thrown off by change to American code→