By Joe Byerly I recently grabbed a drink with some friends in Southern Pines, NC. As I sat sipping my beer, one...
Was My Military Career Worth It?
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Cultivate Workplace Creativity With These 3 Methods
by Tommy Miller At the core of ever-changing warfare, human curiosity demands that we uncover new problem-solving...
CrowdStrike, COVID, and System Fragility: Takeaways for Today’s Leaders
By John Geracitano On July 18th, a software patch from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike tore through Microsoft operating...
Shared Humanity and Mutual Benefit: Lessons from Baghdad
John “Dragon” Teichert Life is not a solo sport; neither is leadership or innovation. We all need the equipping,...
The One Question That Every Leader Should Ask
By Jason W. Hughes “Leaders who don’t listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to...
It’s Not All Supposed to Suck: Fighting Operational Friction
(Matthias Fruth/Army, 2019) By James Boyd I remember doing my first inventory preparing for deployment. It was 2008,...
Overcoming Barriers to Innovation: Taking Lessons Learned from Ukraine
by Andrew DeMoss and Luke VanAntwerp Over a century ago, on the European battlefields of World War I, new technologies...
Bigger Sibling’s Advice for Post-Platoon Leader Life
As I prepared to move across the hallway and take over as our company’s Executive Officer (“XO”), I was...
Do You Only Have Chauffeur Knowledge? Here’s How to Gain Expertise
by John Geracitano Famed physicist Max Planck gave countless speeches on his research in the company of his trusty...