Image courtesy of NATO. Regular readers will know that just before the holidays (late November), I wrote a two page document that intended to form the basis for a rapid and simple introduction to the study of strategy. I “chunked” each term into 6 word definitions and generated 50 terms – in sum, a 300…
Image courtesy of Foreign Policy. Can we educate a strategist in an hour? Some would argue this task is impossible, that it takes a lifetime, or at least 10,000 hours. But what if we had to? Imagine it were possible – how would you do it? How would you accelerate learning to strategic competency? Note: I define competency as someone…
Image courtesy of Flikr user US Army. It’s been a bit of a crazy past few days here; my wife and I just had our second daughter on Friday evening. So this will be a bit of a short post – but brief concepts can also be valuable ones (isn’t brevity the soul of wit?).…
Image courtesy of Wookiepedia. I received a few responses to the post I wrote about maximizing our “nano cognitive surplus” (AKA doodling time during long-winded briefings). I proposed answering the question “Why war?” using only six words…here are a couple of the best responses:
Image depicting Michael Pollan’s seven word strategy for eating courtesy of Spillarena. I recently listened to Clay Shirky describe what he calls “cognitive surplus,” which he defines as the use of free time for constructive, creative acts. It’s really a simple concept – harnessing extra brain space for a positive good. Developing this website…