On the 29th of January (North American time), I will be participating in a webinar on 'global connectivity' sponsored by the Global Connectivity Research Institute (GCRI).
The Global Connectivity Research Institute has developed tools
to help dynamically visualize official global connectivity of every state on
earth and most of the regional and global bodies, organizations, etc. to which
those states belong as those bodies have evolved throughout deep history. This
is real perspective. This is the foundation on which realistic deep strategic
thinking, leading, and planning rests.
Join us on the 29th of
January 2015 for the webinar.
Presenters include Timothy (Tim) Williamson, Founder and Director of GCRI, Admiral Kikareas PhD (HN Ret.), Capt. Wayne
Porter PhD (USN Ret.), and myself.
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Global Connectivity
Research Institute (GCRI)
“seeking to understand
the origin, evolution, and trajectory of human connectivity”
1-205-765-6090
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The 29th is almost here.
Please register for the webinar.
16 Jan 2015
Webinar Information:
·
Title: “How an empirical knowledge of human
connectivity should inform deep strategic thinking, leading, & planning.”
o For deep thinkers and strategic leaders, and those who want to be - the work of
GCRI resolves the classic conundrum between the value of a posteriori
vs a priori based understanding in favor of an empirical foundation on
which deep strategic thinking can be finally realized. It’s all a matter of
information, perspective, and scale - said the cat to Alice (massively
paraphrased of course TW - adapted from Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland,’ 1865).
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Purpose:
o Reason
#1:
§ To
provide a tool to easily visualize regional and global connectivity of every
state and official organization on the planet from a current and historical
perspective
o Reason
#2:
§ To
provide the platform from which the connectivity in the visualization tool may
be studied, analyzed, and projections made from an empirical foundation so that
a more precise strategic narrative can be made with the greatest possible
perspective.
o Reason #3:
§ Provide
insight into how best to utilize an understanding of the origin, evolution,
& trajectory of human connectivity to make informed deep strategic
decisions.
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YouTube short videos about the webinar and GCRI on KUMU:
o GCRI
video Webinar info
o GCRI
video How are Russia, the USA, and Myanmar connected?
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Applicability:
o Governments
o Militaries
o NGO’s
o IGO’s
o Regional
and global governance bodies & organizations
o Business
o Academics
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Schedule:
o 29 Jan
2015 between 1000 & 1300 CST USA (between 1400 &1900 UTC)
Bio update of presenters:
1.
Admiral Peter Kikareas PhD,
a. Hellenic
Navy, NATO, Retired
b. Europe,
Eurasia & Mediterranean subject matter expert
c. Has
worked with US DHS
d. lives in
Florida
2.
Capt. Wayne Porter PhD
a.
US Navy, former head of the Complex Sciences Department at the
Naval Post Grad School, Retired
b.
Co-Founder of National
Strategic Narrative, and co-author of the document
produced by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 2011 by the
same name, both in collaboration with LtCol Mark Mykleby (USMC Retired)
3.
Dr. Darl Kolb (PhD, Cornell)
a.
Professor of Connectivity in the Graduate School of Management at
the University of Auckland Business School, Auckland, New Zealand.
b.
a pioneering theorist on social and technical connectivity.
c.
Visiting Fellow at the University of Sydney and the University of
Cambridge.
d.
Makes presentations around the world, most recently to the US
Army.
e.
He discusses the connects and disconnects of life on his blog,
Connectivity Corner (drdarlkolb.blogspot.com).
4.
Timothy ‘Tim’ Williamson
.
Founder and creator of GRCI
a.
Creator of GCRI
on KUMU - mappings of the origin and evolution of official regional and
global connectivity of states and IGO’s.
b.
Numerous papers on academia.edu
c.
LinkedIn
Profile for more info
