सर्वश्रेष्ठ Decanted पॉडकास्टस (2024)

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(4.05) Leadership and Human Rights: Making good on a promise. 51:04

9d ago51:04

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirms that, "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights." It is an affirmation as well as a promise made by many countries via the ratification of a number of Human Rights treaties. Australia is one of the countries that has made the 'promise' to uphold those treaties. However Australi…

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Cheeky Half Episode (22): Isn't branding just for livestock?!? 16:23

30d ago16:23

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The need to present a professional persona to the world is now pretty much assumed. In fact, in some circles it is expected. Social media platforms have paved approaches and practices that allow us to reach thousands, if not millions, of eye balls. The process and outcomes of shaping our image and narrative for the consumption of others is often re…

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(4.04) What makes a great leader?!? 34:30

1M ago34:30

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What makes a great leader?!? It wasn't until a listener emailed Paul & KG this question that it dawned on them they had never actually discussed this topic. After some time together at the podcast desk, and a gorgeous bottle of wine, they realised why this had been the case. It's a bloody hard question to answer. It's complex and, in some circles, …

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Cheeky Half Episode (21): Calling it as I see it: Leadership and 'Naïve Realism'. 9:40

2M ago9:40

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We do love a 'straight talker'. Someone who is courageous enough to call out the BS. Someone who feels comfortable to speak their mind, and call it 'as they see it'. But sometimes it doesn't take much for a virtue to transform into a form of 'violence'; all of a sudden, we feel disempowered by someone else's 'truth'. A 'truth' held so tightly that …

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How China Might Invade Taiwan: A World on the Brink Scenario 58:36

2M ago58:36

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Dmitri Alperovitch and his co-author Garrett Graff discuss their upcoming book “World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century” and include an exclusive audiobook excerpt from the book that lays out in great detail how China is likely to go about its invasion of Taiwan.In addition, Dmitri and Garrett discuss…

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(4.03) Owning your power: When local Leadership provokes global implications. 39:53

2M ago39:53

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*** WARNING: SOME STRONG LANGUAGE IN THIS EPISODE. *** Many of us might regularly reflect on the big concerns confronting our generation - climate action and our nation's relationship to first nations people are just two of these. And many of us would like to do something about these complex issues. However, for whatever reasons, we might feel like…

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New Secrets From the Cold War and Lessons for Cold War II With China 52:13

3M ago52:13

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Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Sergey Radchenko, one of the Cold War's preeminent historians, about the untold secrets of that period based on Sergey's unique access to recently declassified Soviet and Chinese archives. They discussed China's role in causing Khrushchev to initiate the Cuban Missile Crisis, a huge Soviet intelligence failure that cau…

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Cheeky Half Episode (20): What makes for better leadership, self-confidence or self-awareness? 14:08

3M ago14:08

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Many of us know someone in a Leadership position that oozes self-confidence. They are highly skilled, backing every one of their decisions, as if they were fated. However, what happens when those people lack self-awareness? Many of us have experienced that fallout too. But this leadership character 'equation' may also be turned upside down. What if…

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How the US Planned to Respond to Russia Using a Nuke in Ukraine 44:16

3M ago44:16

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Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Bill Hennigan, a New York Times opinion writer currently publishing a series of articles called "At the Brink," focused on nuclear threats and the challenges our world faces in combating proliferation. They discussed the fears that the US intelligence community had in the fall of 2022 that the probability of Russia usi…

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(4.02) Three Leaders walk into a bar... 57:19

3M ago57:19

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If you are currently a practicing leader, regardless of the size of your team or organisation, you really don't need us to remind you that it can be a tough gig. Good leadership practice is nothing to sneeze at. It's serious business. But does it always have to be 'serious'? Is there any room for light-heartedness or humour? Can laughter enhance ho…

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Cheeky Half Episode (19): Gender Pay Gaps and Leadership Responsibility 17:53

4M ago17:53

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For this Cheeky Half Paul & KG riff on the latest report by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, the "Employer Gender Pay Gaps Snapshot." It is both, a compelling and somewhat unsettling look at Australia's progress in reaching gender pay equity. The many interesting pieces of data lead them to ask a couple of simple questions: "What conversations…

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The Trinity Revolution in Warfare: Precision, Sensors and Comms 51:52

4M ago51:52

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Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Shashank Joshi, Defense Editor for The Economist, about the changing nature of warfare and the impact of proliferation and affordability of precision munitions, sensor ubiquity and digital communications like Starlink. They discuss the still crucial importance of infantry mass and artillery ammunition in this revolutio…

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(4.01) Leadership and First Nations - staying in the conversation. 1:01:36

5M ago1:01:36

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KG & Paul have always held the position that healthy, productive, and even impactful, leadership practice is one that stays with the difficult conversations - even when these conversations are likely to reveal the most inscrutable, even darker, sides of our own natures. These aren't always comfortable conversations, but they can nevertheless carry …

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Why North Korea is Probably Not Planning a War 55:33

5M ago55:33

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Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Dr. Jeffrey Lewis, an expert in arms control and nuclear and missile nonproliferation, currently a professor at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, and director of the CNS East Asia Nonproliferation Program. They discuss whether the near…

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Bonus Cheeky Half Episode (18): To the wine cave, Robin!! 35:22

5M ago35:22

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In this Special Bonus episode (think of it as a Cheeky three-quarters!), Paul & KG start Season 4 by visiting our sponsor's 'wine cave'. Sitting down with Chris Loth, the owner of Annadale Cellars, and a generous friend of the show, they spend a brief time hearing about Chris' passion for wine, his inspiration and his approach to how he makes his w…

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Why China Can’t Blockade Taiwan 53:50

5M ago53:50

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Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Ivan Kanapathy, a former US military attache to Taiwan, about the looming threat of Chinese invasion and why a Chinese blockade or quarantine of Taiwan is unlikely to succeed. They discuss the implications of the recent Taiwan elections on the island's military readiness and the future of US-Taiwan relations, the chall…

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Battle of Wills: Ukraine’s Path to Victory 40:36

6M ago40:36

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Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Yaroslav Trofimov, a Ukrainian-born Wall Street Journal’s chief foreign-affairs correspondent, about his new book "Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence."They discussed why the Russians lost any chance of capturing Kyiv in the first day of the war by failing to take Hostomel ai…

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The Drone Wars: How Consumer Tech Is Shaping the Ukraine War 1:07:29

7M ago1:07:29

1:07:29

Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Michael Kofman (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), Rob Lee (Foreign Policy Research Institute) and Andrey Liscovich (UkraineDefenseFund.org) how the proliferation of FPV drones and countermeasures to them are changing the nature of warfare in Ukraine. They discuss:- Advantages and disadvantages of these new p…

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All Things AI: An Interview With White House AI Guru Ben Buchanan 46:22

7M ago46:22

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Dmitri Alperovitch comes to the White House to interview Dr. Ben Buchanan, the White House Special Advisor on AI, about:- The risks and benefits of AI- What the US government is trying to achieve with the President's Executive Order on AI- Why Terminator AIs are not coming to kill us but evil people using AI just might- What the requirements to rep…

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(3.10) Our favourite leadership conversations of 2023! 35:37

7M ago35:37

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Paul & KG reflect on the year that was - 2023. We love talking about leadership over some lovely wine. It's how it all started in 2021, and how it continues. It's even more exciting to us when we get to share that wine with some very special people as we broaden our discussions and listen to their stories, their experiences and their wisdom. We rea…

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Cheeky Half Episode (17): Leadership's role in our 'Social Cohesion' 17:43

8M ago17:43

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In this Cheeky Half episode, Paul & KG discuss a very recent report published by the Scanlon institute in Australia, the Mapping Social Cohesion report. It's a fascinating social research project that seeks to assess the state of our 'social cohesion' at a given point (the report is published annually). It looks at categories such as our sense of b…

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Why Chinese Economy Is Heading For Stagnation, Not Collapse 51:34

8M ago51:34

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Dmitri Alperovitch and guest co-host Patrick Gray interview Alicia García-Herrero, a Spanish-born economist based in the indo-Pacific and who specializes on China. They discussed why China has exhausted its growth potential and is now facing structured deceleration, which will be a major global deflationary trend. Other topics covered: why the real…

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(3.09) Leadership and the anthropology of culture. 53:26

8M ago53:26

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What does a hot cup of tea have to do with our understanding of culture in the organisations where we work? Join Paul & KG as they touch on this surprising 'phenomenon' with their special guest, Michael Henderson. Michael is a Corporate Anthropologist (yep, it's a real thing!) with a clear and sharp take on what makes culture in our organisations, …

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Why Quantum Computing May be Overhyped but AI isn't: Interview with the NSA 56:02

9M ago56:02

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Dmitri Alperovitch interviews Gilbert Herrera, Director of Research at the National Security Agency (NSA) and a member of the U.S. National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee. They discussed the current state of quantum computing, why its current applications outside of breaking certain types of public key cryptography are highly limited, why we…

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Cheeky Half Episode (16): 'Courageous' conversations are just conversations, right? 15:48

9M ago15:48

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In this Cheeky Half episode, Paul & KG talk about the idea of 'Courageous Conversations'. Why is 'courage' needed in these scenarios? Aren't they simply just conversations that happen to touch on difficult topics? Why then the need for 'courage'? Is there real danger where some form of bravery is required? Or does this term say more about our fears…

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How Ukraine Can Benefit From ATACMS Missiles 36:54

9M ago36:54

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ATACMS episode: - What variants of the missile exist- What unique advantages they offer over already provided Storm Shadows / SCALP-EGs from UK and France- How many missiles may exist in the US inventory and why some can be provided to Ukraine without jeopardizing US military readiness- Why the German Taurus missile is also a much needed munition f…

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(3.08) Leadership begins with Charity. 46:06

10M ago46:06

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KG & Paul often refer to leadership practice as being contextual. No one size, style or framework fits all. And despite their many years of combined leadership practice, they have barely experienced the sheer diversity of contexts where leaders 'play'. And so they invited Nicole Schleicher, General Manager of Services and Impact at redkite, for a l…

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Starlink in Ukraine: Why the Story Is Not So Simple 39:04

10M ago39:04

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Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Patrick Gray, host of Risky Business podcast, about why the Starlink-Elon saga is much more complicated than it might seem at first glance. Blaming Elon for his Crimea action is probably unfair, but he does deserve both praise and criticism for his contributions to Ukrainian battlefield successes and challenges. And so…

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Cheeky Half Episode (15): Diplomacy, lies and leadership. 8:31

10M ago8:31

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Have you ever found yourself in a position where a confidential or sensitive message you need to convey somehow morphs into a set of well-meaning lies? We confess, we have. And sometimes, despite our best intentions, we just haven't worked out how to navigate that slippery slope. Paul & KG talk about some of these moments, not always something to b…

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Why 702 is America’s most valuable intelligence program: Interview with the FBI 52:09

10M ago52:09

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Dmitri Alperovitch sits down with Bryan Vorndran, Assistant Director of FBI's Cyber Division, to discuss why FISA Section 702 is by far the most valuable intelligence program in the US government's arsenal and is responsible for the majority of the most valuable intelligence the country collects. In this episode, Vorndran provides some examples of …

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(3.07) Leadership and First Nations 49:33

11M ago49:33

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KG & Paul love their regular conversations on leadership over a glass of wine. That's no secret. But it's easy to forget that these conversations provide only a small, even infinitesimal, slice of what leadership is and could be. They'd be the first to admit they don't have a monopoly on leadership practice, nor its definition. It is for this reaso…

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What the Death of Prigozhin Means for Wagner, Russia and Ukraine 1:04:52

11M ago1:04:52

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Dmitri Alperovitch talks to Russian military analyst Rob Lee and Wagner Group expert Jack Margolin about the implications of reports of Prigozhin's fiery death in a plane crash in Russia. Where does Wagner go from here? What happens to Russian ambitions in Africa? Does this event help restore Surovikin, Russia's most competent commander of this war…

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How Russian Intelligence operatives have attacked Ukraine in cyberspace: Interview with Ukrainian Security Service 52:17

11M ago52:17

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In this joint Geopolitics Decanted and Risky Business feature interview, Dmitri Alperovitch and Patrick Gray talk to Illia Vitiuk, the Head of the Department of Cyber and Information Security of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) about the cyber dimension to Russia's invasion.From turning off Ukraine's power grid with a cyber attack in 2015, to …

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Cheeky Half Episode (14): Leading through Grief. 11:03

11M ago11:03

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Life can sometimes beat us around, and it doesn't care who you are or what responsibilities you hold in an organisation. And yet, if you do hold a position where you have responsibility over others, and a deeply emotional crisis hits you and the team, then you may be at risk of neglecting your own feelings of emotional and psychological exhaustion,…

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Why Reports of the US Dollar’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated 38:45

11M ago38:45

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Dmitri Alperovitch talks with geoeconomist Douglas Rediker (Senior Fellow at Brookings and formerly with the IMF Executive Board) about the enduring dominance of the U.S. dollar and why it won't change any time soon. Why the dollar continues to have no realistic alternatives and why Chinese renminbi is not a viable replacement. Also, what are the p…

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Why Europe’s Dependence on the US Military Will Not Change 33:26

11M ago33:26

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On the train ride to Kyiv, Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Franz Stefan Gady, one of the premier European military analysts, about why American military involvement in Europe is unlikely to be significantly reduced in the coming years and the dangers that a US conflict with China may present to European security. They discuss the slow pace of Europea…

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(3.06) Leadership in the heat of battle. 44:25

11M ago44:25

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"Two sporting teams, both alike in dignity, In fair London, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean." (with sincere apologies to Mr Shakespeare...) What leadership object lessons can we take from a recent sporting controversy. Where two teams, two captains, face what seems to be t…

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How Drones Are Changing the Nature of Warfare in Ukraine 56:28

12M ago56:28

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On the train ride back to Poland from Kyiv, Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Andrey Liscovich (President of Ukraine Defense Fund, a charity that provides non-lethal aid to the Ukrainian military) about how various types of drones are used for artillery correction, target identification and strike missions in Ukraine. They discuss why Chinese drones su…

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Trip Report: What I Learned in Kyiv and Conversation with Mike Kofman and Rob Lee about Counteroffensive and Wagner 1:05:43

12M ago1:05:43

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Guest host Patrick Gray interviews Dmitri Alperovitch about his recent trip to Kyiv and what he learned from his meetings with senior military and intelligence leadership there. Dmitri also interviews Mike Kofman and Rob Lee during their train ride to Kyiv about the current state of the Ukrainian counteroffensive and their thinking on the fallout f…

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Cheeky Half Episode (13): Leadership and the subtle art of influencing. 10:44

1y ago10:44

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Is influence an essential trait for effective leadership? Join Paul & KG as they explore different notions of influence. Is it persuasion? Is it manipulation? How about the art of telling compelling stories, advocating for others, and leading by example? Join the conversation and tell us what you think influence to be, and how it might work in prac…

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Mutiny in Russia: Who Won, Who Lost and What Caused It 48:29

1y ago48:29

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In this edition of Geopolitics Decanted guest host Patrick Gray interviews Dmitri Alperovitch about Evgeny Prigozhin's so-called "March for Justice".What was it all about? Did it fail or succeed? What does Putin's reaction tell us about what will happen next in Russia?Music: Battle Hymn of PMC Wagner (https://rutube.ru/video/3152ef2154f8d3bd9aa0aeb…

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(3.05) This feels awkward... Leading through discomfort. 32:08

1y ago32:08

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In leadership roles, we often face uncomfortable conversations and encounters. When experiencing these unsettling situations, we have a few options. These include enduring the discomfort and navigating through the storm until we find stability, or prematurely ending the conversation, ignoring the tension. One approach fosters growth and connection,…

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Cheeky Half Episode (12): Leader, Heal Thyself!! 12:43

1y ago12:43

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The term 'Self Care' has become a common one. However, the practice itself, as it pertains to those in leadership positions, seems to be as scarce or as ad hoc as ever. Why should we care about 'Self Care', and what difference would it even make to how we lead? Join Paul & KG as they discuss their own challenges around 'Self Care', and how they try…

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Ukraine’s Offensive Has Begun: Analysis With Michael Kofman and Rob Lee 48:53

1y ago48:53

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Dmitri Alperovitch talks with military analysts Michael Kofman and Rob Lee about this week's launch of Ukraine's counteroffensive: what are its objectives, how can we determine when it's successful, and what is likely to come next. Also covered: Why Kakhovka dam destruction is unlikely to have an impact on the counteroffensive, Prigozhin's trap for…

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(3.04) Learning from our leadership failures. 46:13

1y ago46:13

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Celebrating our leadership successes should be a joyful and necessary practice. However, if we are not attentive to our leadership shortcomings, especially our failures, then we are condemned to repeat the same mistakes. Join KG & Paul as they chat with Ed Vaughn, from Generation Leadership, about his fascination with leadership failure and, amongs…

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Cheeky Half Episode (11): Leadership & the Tyranny of Time 12:24

1y ago12:24

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It's not unusual for any of us to feel under the pump, where there just aren't enough hours in the day to get done what needs to get done. It is a perennial challenge that often ends with us spinning our wheels, emotionally throwing our hands in the air and giving in to the situation, as if there were no other option. If you identify with this resp…

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How AI Will Transform Future Militaries (And Societies) 58:00

1y ago58:00

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Dmitri Alperovitch discusses the evolution of AI with Teddy Collins (former Assistant Director for Technology Strategy at the White House, Research Scientist at Google’s DeepMind and co-author of "Teams of Teams" with General Stan McChrystal):- The AI triad of Talent/Algorithms, Data and Compute which has driven so much improvement in the last 5 ye…

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(3.03) So what do you do? Working with leaders & their teams. 27:56

1y ago27:56

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On this episode, KG sneakily turned the spotlight on Paul. What exactly does Paul do? All this talk of leadership and team development, surely we shouldn't just assume he knows what he's talking about, right? Check out this conversation if you are at all interested in his take on working with leaders and their teams. And, as usual, the conversation…

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How China Plans to Win the Chip War 39:25

1y ago39:25

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Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Chris Miller, author of the recent New York Times bestseller Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology, about one of the central elements of the US-China confrontation: semiconductors. Topics discussed include:- Which chips are more critical: advanced or foundational (aka mature)- The history of how …

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How Ukraine Can Survive the Exhaustion of Its Air Defense Stocks 1:06:07

1y ago1:06:07

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Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Justin Bronk (Senior Research Fellow for Airpower and Technology at RUSI and Professor at Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy) and Dara Massicot (Russian military analyst at RAND) about the dire implications of the dwindling stocks of Ukrainian air defense interceptors and what can be done to solve that problem. Justin m…

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