Small Wars Journal

“In Command and Out of Control”

Thu, 10/22/2015 - 11:26am

“In Command and Out of Control” - 2010 Speech by Lieutenant General Sir Graeme C.M. Lamb, Introduction by Jason Criss Howk, The Bridge

Today The Bridge offers some sage advice on leadership and strategic thought that was originally given in the form of a speech in 2010 by Lieutenant General Sir Graeme C.M. Lamb, at a gathering of British senior military and civilian defense leaders convened by the U.K. Vice Chief of Defence. I was LtGen (retired) Lamb’s military assistant at the time it was delivered and always kept a digital copy of it handy over the years as many people still ask him for the text of that speech and he will often ping me for it, (you never really stop being an aide to a General Officer). Graeme always asked me to keep this document close-hold so the tattered paper copy covered with red ink and tabs from me, or my colleagues who borrowed it, is a bit worse for wear. I am glad he has allowed its publication so that you too can find out how basketball, a Harold, mission command, and Clausewitz are connected…

Read this important and inspiring speech.

H/T Dave Maxwell