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The RF Factor

The RF Factor

The RF Factor and associated podcasts are aimed at helping the aspiring leader prepare for the future and the current leader grow in the present. Join George Belsky, Ray Guidetti and Pete Gagliardi as they interview a diverse group of guests and write about current topics. Their guests have one thing in common, they have proven themselves as leaders and change agents within their respective fields. Hear George, Ray and Pete tease out key takeaways from their guests as to how they affected change and sustained it through the application of "relentless follow-up" concepts that work.

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Nov. 22, 2023

Unity in Effort: Catching shooters

Once upon a time, Roger Staubach upon winning the Heisman Trophy in 1963 was said to have smashed his trophy shattering it into small pieces all over the ground. As his family and teammates looked on in shock and disbelief, …
Nov. 9, 2023

What can we learn from John Miller, John Gotti, and Osama Bin Laden about defining Crime Gun Intelligence?

I asked the question: Who were you more scared of - Bin Laden or John Gotti?   Without skipping a beat, he retorted, “Neither…Barbara Walters!” That was my first real exposure to the legendary J…
Nov. 2, 2023

Combating Gun Violence: It Starts with "Why"

I bolted from my office and ran into the adjacent room we had nicknamed the fishbowl owing to the wall of indoor windows allowing any passersby to peer in on the analysts doing their work. I was hoping for some answers as my…
Oct. 25, 2023

Unveiling the Ant-Inspired Secrets of Developing Crime Gun Intelligence Capabilities

Several years ago, I was gifted a book by Steven Johnson entitled, Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software. I was particularly moved by the chapter that focused on the emergence of cities and how…
Oct. 23, 2023

Long-Term Vision, Lasting Impact: Cathedral Thinking

And just like that, his words focused my thoughts! Isn’t amazing how the right words from a wise leader can have a profound impact on one's thinking. In your own life, has there been a moment when someone's words or g…
Oct. 11, 2023

How to build a crime gun intelligence capability

Over the past three years, Glen Pierce, Ph.D. of Northeastern University and David Lambert, Ph.D. of Roger Williams University, conducted an exhaustive study of the development of New Jersey’s crime gun intelligence ca…