Posted in Uncategorized on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Here are some of my solutions or if I were asked by the Secretary of Defense Gates, “Don, how should I follow up what I said about Boyd at Maxwell AFB by finding, developing and nurturing the mavericks?”
I would reply with “Sir, my recommendation is in order to create and sustain the type of environment required to [...]
Posted in How to develop adaptability on April 29, 2008 | 5 Comments »
One the principles of an ALM is that “every moment of the day, every task, offers an opportunity to teach adaptability, how to think, in places you never imagined.” (How to Teach Adaptability, page 10). One of the most glaring downfalls of most existing leader-centric programs is that they waste their physical fitness time as [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
The Next Adaptive Leadership Conference
We haven’t scheduled it, yet. But the last one was such a big success that we’ve had a lot of inquiries about doing another.
If you’d like to get on the mailing list for the next conference, please send an e-mail to Joy Finch at Greenville (SC) Tech.
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Posted in Adaptability, Boyd, How to develop adaptability, Leadership, Learning Organizations, tagged Add new tag, John Boyd, leader development, Learning Organizations, Personnel Management, up or out on April 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
4th Generation Warfare requires and will continue require leaders that have resounding strength of character and are adaptaing, and in turn developing their subordinates and units to be the same.
The question I would poise to Secretary of Defense Gates after he honored Boyd, and asked officers to emulate him is the “how-to?”
When Army General Peter [...]
Posted in Adaptability, Boyd, How to develop adaptability, Leadership, Learning Organizations on April 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I borrowed this from Chet’s site, Defense and the National Interest.
Background: Chet and I have been working (Chet far more than I) with the Norwegian Naval Academy for the past couple of years. They are using my book Raising the Bar to assist in their evolution toward turning their officers into adaptive leaders. Chet [...]
Posted in How to develop adaptability, Learning Organizations, tagged Adaptive Leader, Building Adaptability, Leadership Training, Learning Organization on April 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Principles of an ALC as a Learning Organization
First, we demanded that new cadre that came into the program erase their memory of how they were “certified” to teach, or how they thought one should teach. “Come in with an open mind, and be prepared to be shocked,” we would warn them. Instructors of the adaptive [...]
Posted in Adaptability, Leadership, Learning Organizations, tagged Adaptive Leadership, Cheerleading Effect, Leadership Training on April 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Over time nations or large organizations like an Army, take one of two evolutionary routes: continue to adapt with changing environmental conditions in order to sustain its core beliefs, or become complacent resting on one’s laurels. If it is the latter it is because its very success has led to its isolation to a changing [...]
Posted in Adaptability, How to develop adaptability, Leadership, Learning Organizations, tagged leader development, free play force on force exercises, tools of adaptability on April 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Joe and Fred thanks for your comments and input. I will continue to build off that. I look forward to more input, particularly, not only military but other real world examples of “how to” with adaptabilty.
Execution of free play force on force exercises with cadets.
I am using an example that Joe knows to well, but [...]
