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This. This is why Birkman is not another personality assessment. This is why after seven decades; we are still here. Birkman is the only assessment that is capable of measuring and describing your wholly unique perception of the world. No one ever has or ever will see the world the way you see and experience the world. Through the science of perception, Birkman is able to measure both your external personality and your internal personality, which is and will remain mostly invisible to other people for the duration of your life. If you don’t acknowledge this inherent duality, you can’t be your whole self at work or at home. If you want... The team The leader The result the bottom line the world to be different... see the world differently. Tune in next Tuesday, June 18th as we take a big step forward in continuing to bring Birkman to the world. https://hubs.ly/Q02BlzCD0 #Birkman #Perception #STWD

Who's seen the new Blue Angels documentary?! Or better yet, who's seen them IRL?? For those who don’t know, the Blue Angels are the United States Navy's flight demonstration squadron. Watching these incredibly skilled pilots soar through the skies with precision and teamwork was nothing short of inspiring. Thank you Ashley Liu Kirkman for the movie recommendation! Three takeaways from the Blue Angels documentary: 1. Excellence over Perfection: There was a line in the movie, "We’re not going to get to perfection, but we’re going to get to excellence." Perfection is a lofty goal, but excellence is achievable and sustainable. 2. Gratitude and Team Spirit: The pilots often say "glad to be here," a simple phrase that carries a lot of weight. It's a reminder to appreciate the opportunity to work with an amazing team. 3. Attention to Detail: The Blue Angels fly as close as 18 inches apart at more than 400 mph, where precision and trust are everything. This attention to detail ensures their performances are safe and spectacular. Similarly, in work, paying attention to the little things can make a big difference. Here's to soaring to new heights! #blueangels

This is our start-up Simulation of #AI control of a cruise missile flight. Video speeded up 3 times The trained neural network controls the flight of a cruise missile at an extremely low altitude. Scale 1:1, flight range 230km. This video highlights the ability of neural networks to control complex action over long distances. This technology allows you to control complex movements autonomously using the simplest dual-purpose computer equipment. Video speeded up 3 times https://lnkd.in/dKud6YAu

- 1st year as an Air Force pilot was pure hell. - 2nd year was still hard but better than the first. - 3rd year was the best. We would have more and more "freedom" year after year. But then, even if one piece of that freedom would be taken away for one day... It would always feel really hard, because we were used to something better. And now my clients still ask me: "How were you able to persist all these years building your business?" The truth: I've been through worse times. And that is always going to be the answer. LESSON: Embrace hardships. They will make you who you want to become. It's just the price you have to pay. ♻️ Repost this to share with your network this reminder. Follow Konstantinos Christopoulos for more. #merakiops #discipline #business

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Jim Leeke slips readers into the world just after World War II (WW II) ended, in 1946, with the race inspired by competition for not losing identity in a newly formed united military—the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The race was between the U.S. Navy (USN) and the U.S. Army Air Forces (AAF). The aircraft could hardly have been more different—the Navy’s brand new Lockheed P2V Neptune and the AAF’s mature Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Navy versus Army. Lockheed versus Boeing. One flight primarily challenged by a long flight over the expanse of the Pacific Ocean and the other crossing over the magnetically deranged North Pole. A lot was on the table and Leeke tells the story of brilliantly as well as evocatively.  The race is about the Navy’s Truculent Turtle and the AAF’s Pacusan Dreamboat and what a race it was! Unheard of great circle routes across hemispheres with changing weather being only one of the challenges faced by these innovative flights crews. New navigation challenges, fuel burn awareness and deeply intimate knowledge of the each aircraft, sleep deprivation, long periods with no possibility of radio contact much less radio navigation. These flight crews were working at the absolute thinnest edge of the day’s technology performance envelope. The Neptune was a brand new design powered by two radial engines. The B-29 was a venerable design with four radial engines.   The Navy had the role of defending on the high seas and rightly feared losing defense budget monies to the Air Force. The Neptune's arrival on-scene could not have been more opportune since the AAF was setting distance and load-to-altitude records nearly as fast as the newspapers could be printed to report them.   ultra-long fights using great circle routes became the new norm. Was the Pacific Ocean able to be routinely crossed without island hopping? Could routes between Europe and North America be shortened by thousands of miles using polar great circle routes? These were significant and nerve wracking questions of potential which airlines did not have the money to research themselves. Flight planning and preparation of these military aircraft for their flights make being head coach of an NFL team seem like prepping for a game of Dodge Ball. The risks were great—an engine failure during the long periods of communication blackouts, mountains and heavy weather, icing (neither aircraft was equipped with deicing equipment) and Saint Elmo’s fire were a few. In the end two fantastic flights were accomplished (one a new record) within days of one another and with no casualties. Thankfully, one aircraft ended up in a museum—restored and placed on display after years of gate guard duty exposed to the elements. Myopically, the other, even after many long distance and record setting flights, was scrapped—leaving only photos and memories behind for us. This book also belongs to those who read about explorers and feel simpatico with that special urge to do what has not been done.

Raising the bar for professional testers! So exciting. I hope that "Sting's" course or ones like it spread to every organization involved in flight testing that doesn't have formal flight tester training as part of their credentialing. The next question is, how can this academic training be integrated with airmanship experience for FTEs who are not aviators or need a deeper knowledge of their SUT. Flying, sims, and mixed-reality VR can all be part of this solution.

A picture worth more than 1,000 words. While going through my photos from the St. Louis Air Show, I noticed I'd captured a shot that embodies trust. Look carefully, and you'll see that only #1 is looking straight ahead -- everyone else is flying off a spot on a teammate's aircraft. Books have been written about building that level of trust on teams. Does your team trust you? Do you trust your team? Do they trust each other? #teambuilding #trust #navalaviation

First, KJP has not answered the question posed! Second, it’s a good question that needs a detailed explanation! Why is Hunter in meetings, traveling on Air Force One, and involved in running America? Third, with Hunter known to be in these meetings, who else from the “family” is there as well? Why? Where is FLOTUS in this as well? https://lnkd.in/gJzmxXTx

The Bullet Holes Don't Tell the Whole #Story: A World War - II Lesson in #DataAnalysis Ever heard of how World War II shaped aircraft armor? Here's a fascinating twist: During the war, military analysts studied planes returning from missions, riddled with bullet holes in the wings, tail, and fuselage. The #logical solution? Reinforce those areas to improve survival rates. But statistician Abraham Wald, based in the U.S, saw beyond the obvious. He realized they were only seeing the planes that survived. The missing insight? The planes that didn't return likely suffered hits in vital, unarmored areas like the #engine. Wald's groundbreaking idea? Reinforce where the returning #planes showed no damage. These were the areas that, if hit, prevented planes from making it back. Business Takeaways: 💡 💡Look beyond success: Survivorship bias skews our view towards survivors, neglecting valuable lessons from failures. 💡Challenge assumptions: The obvious #solution isn't always right. Think critically, explore different angles, and consider what if the opposite were true? Interested in learning more? Check out Gabriel Weinberg's 'Super thinking' for deeper insights on survivorship bias and its impact. #CriticalThinking #InnovativeSolutions #LearnFromFailures #BusinessStrategy #ThinkOutsideTheBox #ADGTech #ADgonline #HistoricalLessons #AbrahamWald