I had the honor to present or be part of a panel, or both during the last two months, specifically talking about the Adaptive Leader Methodology (ALM) not only to the Army, but also to the other services at Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) Small Unit Excellence conference, at a best training and accessions practices conference hosted by the Department of Defense at the Coast Guard Training Facility Cape May, and Army Research Institute (ARI) conference to measure “Mental Agility.” I also lectured at the Expeditionary Warfare School (EWS) at Quantico with my friends Dr. Bruce Gudmundsson, Bill Lind and Pierre Sprey from the book America’s Defense Meltdown; and I just returned from Army Training and Doctrine Command to discuss the evolution of officership with members of the Washington based think tank Center for Strategic and Institutional Studies (CSIS).
I will take a short breather in June, and then I am off again in July to the U.S. Air Force Academy, Marine Corps Base Quantico, and back to JFCOM, to speak and teach about Adaptive Leader Methodology (ALM).
It does not surprise me, but I have learned from members at each conference that I offer one of the few “people and ideas” approach to leader development and professional military education (PME). Most of the other solutions are technology based, like bringing live feed into classrooms, or using computer hand held gagets to engage all members of the class. I thought they were all interesting, but it still takes a great teacher to bring out the best in their students. Even ALM is nothing without the centerpiece of it which is great teachers who know how to facilitate, and are trusted by the establishment to teach based on principles and not industrial based by the numbers lesson plans.
More later,
Don
Огромное человеческое спасибочки !
Ferinannnd,
I apologize for not knowing Russian, please put that in English.
Thanks, Don
Don outstanding work. Keep at it! The word on adaptability needs to get out to an even broader audience. It’s value and applicability in crisis and crises response is crucial to first responders out there, be they cops, fireman, EMTs or enteprises trying to keep their employees safe in the workplace so they may perform at their best.
Fred
Fred, you keep it up as well the law enforcement needs yours and my work just as bad as the military given the complex environment we now face. Sadly, in down times, training (education) are the first things cut.
Don
You are a very fine man Don, as much a true patriot
as man, and citizen of the world.
Thanks for all you do, and all you give.
Max