Home CSAF Message Books Videos Photography Web Pubs Journals TED Resources Message - CSAF by Gen Mark A. Welsh III Fellow Airmen, America trusts the United States Air Force with the awesome responsibility of defending America’s interests around the globe on a moment’s notice. Our Nation’s leaders routinely see the effects… Read More… Featured TED Talks Featured Books Featured Films How to Overcome our Biases? Walk Boldly Toward Them by Vernā Myers “Subconscious biases are the stories we make up about people before we know who they are,” explains Vernā Myers. These subconscious biases weaken our teams at every level substituting long-established mental shortcuts for understanding. We may try to avoid this problem by being “color blind” in the workplace, but Ms. Myers… Read More… Why we have too few women leaders by Sheryl Sandberg Before the book and Lean-in circles, Sheryl Sandberg spoke to a TED audience to explain why women are not better represented in governments and the corporate world. In our Air Force, the smallest in history, we need every pound of thrust from every man and woman reporting for duty every day. The Facebook COO provides 3 simple tips for both men and women to make us all more effective. Read More… Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe by Simon Sinek In Sinek's second talk, he uses the military as an example of an institution that has learned trust and cooperation, built over time, glues together teams that succeed. These lessons are no surprise to Airmen…but few of us have spent more time thinking about them than Mr. Sinek. Armed with a better understanding of what you feel already, you can lead more effectively today. Read More… How to Overcome our Biases? Walk Boldly Toward Them Vernā Myers Read More… Why we have too few women leaders by Sheryl Sandberg Read More… How Great Leaders Inspire Action by Simon Sinek Read More… Blind Spot Mahzarin Banaji and Anthony Greenwald There are few books that have the power to change the way you see the world; this is one of them. The authors present a compelling case for the effects of hidden biases impacting our society. These hidden biases are natural; we all have them. Don’t think you have a hidden… Read More… Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek All of us have seen “Taking Care of People” at the top of a commander’s list of priorities. We know it works. We have seen amazing success when done right and utter failure when ignored. Simon Sinek takes us on an inspiring journey to understand why this works. His explanation… Read More… Risk Intelligence by Dylan Evans As national security professionals and Airmen, we live in a world of risk and uncertainty. What will the enemy do? Will this technology work as expected? Will I have enough manning next year? When we flip a coin, we know the odds… Read More… Book: Blind Spot Mahzarin Banaji and Anthony Greenwald Read More… Book: Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek Read More… Book: Risk Intelligence by Dylan Evans Read More… October Sky Directed by Joe Johnston Set in a West Virginian coal mining village in 1957, an unlikely group of high schoolers are inspired by the launch of the Sputnik satellite. With an idea and innovative spirit, the team sets the goal of building a rocket. Despite a series of setbacks, tough family circumstances, and naysayers, the team presses… Read More… The Battle Above Narrated by David Martin Our lives are becoming increasingly dependent on space capabilities. Besides military applications, people around the world depend on satellites for communication, navigation, and imagery for commerce and humanitarian purposes. This dependency is no secret… Read More… Tour a nuclear lauch Control Center Narrated by Lesley Stah For decades, American Airmen have trained, prepared, and sat alert on a mission deep inside the Earth. These young Airmen control the most world’s powerful weapons with unflinching professionalism. Lesley Stahl tours… Read More… Films: October Sky Directed by Joe Johnston Read More… Films: The Battle Above Narrated by David Martin Read More… Tour a Nuclear Launch Control Center Released in 2014, Narrated by Lesley Stahl Read More… Background General Ronald Fogleman created the CSAF Professional Reading Program in 1996 to develop a common frame of reference among Air Force members -- officers, enlisted, and civilians -- to help each of us become better, more effective advocates of air and space power. Each CSAF since then has enhanced and continued the Professional Reading Program. Reading List Archives 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Links Official Site of the Air Force Air Force Blue Tube (YouTube) U.S. Air Force on Facebook U.S. Air Force on Twitter U.S. Air Force on Flickr Air Force Live (Blog) Join the Air Force 2015 Chief of Staff of the Air Force Reading List