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Manning the Future Legions of the United States

Posted in Adaptability, Decision Making, Leadership, Learning Organizations, tagged , , , , , on September 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Manning the Future Legions of the United States
Finding and Developing Tomorrow’s Centurion
Not yet published. (Estimated publication date, 10/30/2008)
An Industrial Age model continues to shape the way the Army approaches its recruiting, personnel management, training, and education. This outdated personnel management paradigm–designed for an earlier era–has been so intimately tied to the maintenance of Army culture [...]

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The West’s desire to maintain world domination is arrogant

Posted in Boyd, Learning Organizations, Strategy, tagged , , , , on September 20, 2008 | 15 Comments »

As Andy Bacevich argues so well in his new book Limits of Power, which I just finished reading, we must clean up our own backyard and restore our economic and social power before casting off in foreign ventures. These occupations are ruining us as I predicted six years ago when there were hints at invading Iraq [...]

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Boyd 2008

Posted in Boyd, Decision Making, How to develop adaptability, Learning Organizations, Professional Development, Strategy, tagged , on September 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Boyd08 Moving Ahead
Boyd 2008 Conference Agenda – Moving from Theory to Action
The first draft agenda for the December 6-7 conference is now up on Rob Paterson’s blog.  Please look it over and, if you haven’t already done so, join the discussion on the Boyd08 blog.

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Announcement-Deciding Under Pressure and Fast workshop 14 October

Posted in Uncategorized on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

“Decisions without Actions are Pointless. Actions
without Decisions are Reckless.” ~Col. John Boyd
Deciding Under Pressure… And fast
October 14th 2008 (8:30AM-4:30PM)
Taunton Holiday Inn
700 Myles Standish Blvd
Taunton, MA 02780
Presented by: MAJ Don Vandergriff U.S. Army RET and Fred Leland, Law Enforcement & Security Consulting (LESC)

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Saving Darlene…

Posted in Adaptability, Decision Making, Leadership, tagged , , , , on September 7, 2008 | 6 Comments »

I left Fort Gordon on Saturday the 23rd and along the way to Fort Benning decided to do some Civil War site seeing with a new staff ride from the U.S. Army War College I purchased. Saturday afternoon, with just a few hours of daylight left, I did all the sites from Ringgold, GA to [...]

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After Action Review of Deciding Under Pressure and Fast Workshop

Posted in Decision Making, How to develop adaptability, Leadership, Professional Development, tagged , , , , on September 6, 2008 | 10 Comments »

A couple of weeks ago Lieutenant Fred Leland of the Walpole Police Department posted his summary of my Deciding Under Pressure and Fast workshop I conducted at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York on August 7, 2008. I just returned home from four successful weeks of doing a total of six [...]

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