Dan McCauley

		

				 
  	
		 		

			

	Dan McCauley is a National Defense University assistant professor at the Joint Forces Staff College located in Norfolk, VA.  Prof McCauley is a retired United States Air Force  pilot and has served in various course director capacities such as air operations, strategy, and theater campaign planning.

			
		

		

	

	


  

  

  

      


  
  

    

    
  
  
      

      


  

    	  
  

                
Creative Thinking:  Linking Environment, Vision, Change, and Strategy

  

  
  

                
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Posted On March 29, 2012 04:59 AM | Comments(5)

  

  
  

                

	Dan McCauley argues that the unimaginative 2012 Strategic Defense Guidance calls for some creative thinking.


  

		  
  

                
Strategic Thinking: Providing the Competitive Edge

  

  
  

                
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Posted On February 11, 2012 08:11 AM | Comments(13)

  

  
  

                

	Dan McCauley urges us to consider strategic thinking and apply it in considering our complex problems.


  

	  





  

    	  
  

                
Design Thinking and the Development of “Real” Options for Decision-makers

  

  
  

                
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Posted On November 16, 2011 12:53 PM | Comments(12)

  

  
  

                

	This essay proposes integrating elements of design thinking into the Mission Analysis and COA Development steps of the JOPP to develop the variety of options that the POTUS and SECDEF require in a...


  

		  
  

                
Design: Thinking not Process

  

  
  

                
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Posted On October 15, 2011 08:21 AM | Comments(9)

  

  
  

                

	There is neither a shortcut to knowledge nor a process that forces critical and creative thinking on those individuals incapable of or unprepared for its complexities.    ...