My Personal Strategic Culture
Status:
Traditional Profile - CV
It seems appropriate to begin the exploration by attempting to define myself in terms of a "personal strategic culture" and the relevant defining elements. Simple enough at first consideration. What resulted from this line of thinking, however, was a listing of the traditional terms one might expect in a profile. Not what I wanted. These seemed too personal and too prone to subjective interpretation to be useful in any assessment of how I might perceive and respond to either threat or opportunity.
People, organizations, countries make choices, decisions in response to circumstances, usually heavily influenced by their unique and often subjective perception of potential threats or opportunities. The key as I see it, is to identify the elements that define this perception, whether assessing an individual or a nation. This will likely include (but not be limited to) the preservation of or adherence to core values and the meeting of perceived fundamental needs.
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Perceived Needs:
Inspirations:
Published Works:
Random Reflections:
Some Thoughts on Justice: In my efforts of the past few years to see some kind of justice with regards to my relationship with the CF, a lawyer once blithely informed me that it was expensive to have principles. A few days of his time cost me $6000 (and he said he gave me a deal). Sadly his services, at the end of the day, were woefully inadequate to the requirements of the occasion. I would have been better off representing myself. A mistake I will not make again. I refer that same individual, therefore, and anyone else of similar ilk who claims to be a professional, to this UBC site: A Framework for Universal Principles of Ethics. I contend that in the long run it is far more expensive to abandon principles than it is to so inflate the cost of protecting them as to make them inaccessible. When justice can only be accessed by those with the financial means to do so, it ceases to be justice. When principles become a commodity to be bought and sold among the highest bidders, they cease to have merit or value.
Justice Blog
National Defence Act: http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/n-5/
QR&O's: http://www.admfincs.forces.gc.ca/qr_o/intro_e.asp
CFAO's: http://www.admfincs.forces.gc.ca/admfincs/subjects/cfao/intro_e.asp
DAOD's: http://www.admfincs.forces.gc.ca/admfincs/subjects/daod/intro_e.asp
Canadian Forces Grievance Manual: http://www.cfga.forces.gc.ca/pubs/griev_instruments/manual_e.asp
Federal Court Rules: http://cas-ncr-nter03.cas-satj.gc.ca/portal/page/portal/fc_cf_en/Rules