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The Military Needs More Disruptive Thinkers

... Disruptive thinkers: the way to reinvigorate a senseless bureaucracy or a threat to the ... creative or innovative thinking -- which is really what's wanted, not necessarily entrepreneurship -- but all should recall that the ...

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

Waterboarding is Torture... Period (Links Updated # 9)

... as a nation, are having a crisis of honor. Last week the Attorney General nominee Judge Michael Mukasey refused to define ... the effect of the genocide was still heavy in the air. I wanted to know how real torturers and terror camp guards would behave and learn ...

Blog post - Oct 31 2007 - 2:30pm - 215 comments - 0 attachments

Irregular Warfare, Village Stability Operations and the Venture Capital Green Beret

... Capturing the investor's mindset in special operations. ... I patrolled the villages surrounding Kabul and the people wanted two things, deeper wells and jobs. We didn't deliver either. We spent ...

Journal Article - May 14 2012 - 4:42am - 61 comments

Updated: The Wanted

... that Roger Carstens will be co-starring in NBC News' The Wanted . Congratulations Roger and best of luck with the show! Continue on ...

Blog post - Jul 20 2009 - 6:25am - 2 comments - 0 attachments

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

... Note:  For background and history of the "Dear Boss" letter, see this post . Dear Boss, I ... me here. I didn’t become a fighter pilot because I wanted to get rich. I became a fighter pilot because I believed. And after ...

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

Wanted Dead or Alive

... Just added to SWJ's blog roll: Wanted Dead or Alive . This blog by Benjamin Runkle is drawn from his book ... from Palgrave Macmillan - note that with current events the Amazon release date has been moved forward) - a history of strategic ...

Blog post - May 6 2011 - 6:52pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

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

... it not think? Download the Full Article Author’s Note: Before readers pull their hair ... military for accomplishing things differently than they wanted it done as they look in hindsight. Complex environments require ...

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

Disruptive Thinkers: Defining the Problem

... An attempt to answer the question:  What problem are we trying to solve? ... willing to explore issues with students as far as they wanted to pursue them. You got out of it what you put into it. Disruptive ...

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

Obama Wanted a Petraeus. Buyer Beware.

... Obama Wanted a Petraeus. Buyer Beware. - Greg Jaffe, Washington Post opinion. ... freaks, capable of running soldiers half their age into the ground. Within hours of taking command of faltering wars, both were vowing ...

Blog post - Oct 11 2009 - 2:27am - 2 comments - 0 attachments

Ink Spots of Success: The Smart Power Approach to Our Endgame in Afghanistan

... we focus more on creating ink spots and less on defeating the Taliban? Success in Afghanistan is not and ... get funding for something that was working so well. Nobody wanted to spend money in the peaceful, successful parts of Afghanistan, ...

Journal Article - May 21 2012 - 5:48am - 29 comments