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The Slow Drain on America (Part II): Espionage, China, and American Business

 Previously I addressed America's increasing awareness of the associated risks in cyber and digital systems, yet so many commercial businesses still lack hardened security programs capable of protecting sensitive information. Espionage between nation-states has taken a popular new form over the last decade and civilian America is slow to understand this new phenomenon of spying tactics. Commercial businesses and government has fallen in love with the advantages of new technology but due to the preference of ease of data that tech brings, many still hesitate to address this new set of problems and vulnerabilities our technology systems present. The reality is today that cyber-crime and cyber-espionage are big business opportunities for individuals and nation-states. This new form of espionage is affecting the economic and political relationships between countries and has changed the shape of modern warfare to become full of sneaky and canvassed attacks; many times going completely u...
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Supply Chain Leadership in Tough Times

What do Gandhi, Winston Churchill, FDR, Deng Xiao Ping, Bismarck, and Abraham Lincoln have in common? Despite the differences in times, places and circumstances, each of these took a large and divided group of people staring despondently in the face of an abyss and - with gritty determination, inspiration and pragmatism - steered them to relative safety and prosperity. These were the true leaders for the tough times. No doubt, these are tough times. Reactions are quite predictable. Economists are debating whether this is technically a recession or a depression. Politicians are debating which groups of people deserve their largest largesse. Populations are moving from denial towards anger. Meanwhile Business People are wondering who will survive and how. In this article, rather than focus too much on technical definition of the economic situation, or on public psychology, or on politics of the band-aid handouts, we will focus on way out of business peoples' dilemma. I...
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