In November of 1968, Japan Airlines Flight 2, a DC-8 flying from Tokyo to San Francisco, came in a little too low. Instead of touching down gracefully Continue Reading
Leadership
Leading in Every Direction
By Samuel Yudin When one studies leadership theory, a few things become immediately apparent. There is almost a built-in contradiction. Leadership Continue Reading
When Politics Feels Like Betrayal
There comes a point for many people when watching politics stops producing disagreement and starts producing something else entirely: disgust. Not Continue Reading
Taking the Initiative in U.S. Army Training
I attended many schools in my time in the Army, just to sport a shiny new badge or record it on my annual eval for my enthusiastic participation. I Continue Reading
The Price of Unjustified Optimism Is a Human Life
There’s a particular kind of optimism that gets people killed. Not hope. Not resilience. Not the stubborn refusal to quit when things go bad. I’m Continue Reading
Leadership Is Not A Cause, It’s An Effect.
Leadership is often spoken about as if it were a mission statement or a movement—something you declare, organize around, or demand recognition for. Continue Reading
What Today’s Leaders can Take from Aristotle’s Cardinal Virtues
Modern military leadership is saturated with buzzwords. We talk about agility, innovation, resilience, and adaptability—often in PowerPoint decks Continue Reading
VUCA and the Modern Battlefield: Leading When Certainty Is Gone
The modern battlefield is no longer defined by clear front lines, predictable enemies, or linear cause-and-effect. It is fluid, contested, and Continue Reading
Words Mean Things – Setting the Conditions Before and After Service
The military is very good at setting conditions. We set conditions for success before a mission ever begins, through planning, language, Continue Reading
Maslow Was Right and the Military Still Builds Men
When Abraham Maslow published his theory of human motivation in 1943, he argued that human beings move through a progression of needs: physiological, Continue Reading
In Leadership, the Enemy Is the Perfect of the Good
There is a quiet killer in the military that rarely gets named in after-action reports. It isn’t fear.It isn’t incompetence.It isn’t even Continue Reading
Weaponizing a System That Thrives on Anonymity
The once sanctuary, the seemingly last vestige of honest relief, tainted from within. To be denied the right of comedic relief from the horrific Continue Reading