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The Military Needs More Disruptive Thinkers

... of entrepreneurial and combat cultures in ventures like a joint Harvard Business School/Naval War College degree program.   ... was the champion of closed systems. Mac OS X is a great operating system with a lot of virtues, but it was built on the backs of open ...

Journal Article - Apr 5 2012 - 4:36am - 94 comments

Design Theory and the Military’s Understanding of Our Complex World

... operation conducted in a predictable fashion into an operating area that left no alternatives for the crew in terms of approach and ... structured along the teleological logic of our complicated environment. My end-state is to defeat you in chess; that is ultimately ... British recently The British recently published their Joint Doctrine Note 3/11- available here: ...

Journal Article - Aug 7 2011 - 12:30pm - 83 comments

A Framework for Army Adaptation

... Capstone Concept is the recently released Army Operating Concept which describes how future Army forces conduct operations as part of a joint force. Recently, General Dempsey conducted an interview to discuss some ...

Blog post - Sep 10 2010 - 6:14pm - 3 comments - 0 attachments

Dear Boss, I Don't Just Quit, I Give Up

... dismantling my service? To use a perhaps appropriately joint analogy, I’m a strong swimmer – so why stay aboard a ship ... even Ken is that old) not one has any experience with operating when the enemy has the airplanes and we don't. Seeing as how it has ...

Blog post - May 14 2012 - 4:55am - 41 comments - 0 attachments

Disruptive Thinkers: Defining the Problem

... how design can be "effectively" implemented. This led to joint doctrine writers bastardizing the concept in the new JP 5.0 to make it ... passed over or ignored, but that when freed by either new operating units within their own organization or by creating or being ...

Journal Article - Apr 9 2012 - 5:00am - 61 comments

Language, Culture, and Army Culture: Failing Transformation

... leaders such as the Secretary of Defense, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Chief of Staff of the Army, it is hard to understand ... clear evidence that the current, population-centric operating environment demands such a capability. DoD and the Army lack ...

Journal Article - Mar 20 2012 - 5:26am - 30 comments

Hazing is Simply Intolerable

... himself.  General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, issued a statement on 23 December 2011 on his Facebook ... for your PERSONAL use. FACT-The AO that C Company was operating in were the recipients of more Purple Hearts than the rest of the ...

Blog post - Dec 23 2011 - 1:44pm - 88 comments - 0 attachments

Strategic Thinking: Providing the Competitive Edge

... to provide analysis, assessments, and insights into the operating environment."  When considering his discussion of strategic ... and opportunities (de Kluyver & Pearce, 2009). Joint operation planning plays a fundamental role in securing the ...

Journal Article - Feb 11 2012 - 8:11am - 13 comments

Integration of Combat Camera and Public Information to Maximize the Affect within the Information Environment

... units are described below and serve as a model for units operating within the COIN environment of the Afghanistan theater, as well as ... visual information.  [1] Joint Publication 3-13, Information Operations , 13 February 2006 ...

Journal Article - Dec 1 2011 - 7:25am - 0 comments

COIN of the Socio-Cultural Realm

... dynamics with kinetic activities in a counterinsurgency environment. We focus on the local population, the key to resolving any ... This research was continued in collaboration with Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) and also ... IW is defined by doctrine in the Irregular Warfare Joint Operating Concept (IW JOC) as “a violent struggle among state and ...

Journal Article - Feb 28 2012 - 5:41am - 13 comments