September 5th, 2008 - VOL. 1 Issue 8

In This Issue

Message from the Director

Project Management and Soft Power

What does a theory about international relations have to do with project leadership? More than meets the eye.
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Features

Academy Brief: Innovative Design Engineering Applications (IDEAS)

A new Academy course takes a systematic look at the design process.
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Research Brief: Challenges and Opportunities for the U.S. Earth Observation System

A robust, comprehensive Earth observation system will provide the United States with monitoring capabilities that are vital to the nation's economy and security, according to a recent report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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Does Your Project Twitter?

The use of Twitter and other social technologies is spreading within the NASA community.
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Leadership Brief

Knowledge Nomads

With a workforce spread across ten field centers, NASA has plenty of "knowledge nomads" who move from one organization to another. This is increasingly common in today's workforce, according to a study published by Harvard University's Center for Public Leadership.
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Business Bookshelf

groundswell: winning in a world transformed by social technologies

Can Twitter, Facebook, wikis, blogs, and other social technologies really add value to an enterprise? The key is understanding the opportunity that these tools represent, write two vice presidents at Forrester Research.
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View from the Outside

CubeSats to Study Space Weather

The National Science Foundation has begun a program to develop very small satellites that can further the study of space weather.
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This Month in NASA History

20th Anniversary of STS-26 (Return to Flight)

On September 29, 1988, Space Shuttle Discovery launched into orbit exactly 975 days after the Challenger disaster.
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In the Current Issue of ASK

+ A New Astronaut Seat
by Dustin Gohmert

+ International Cooperation: When 1+1=3
by Toshifumi Mukai

+ Staying Motivated During Tough Times
by Jennifer Cole