I recently stumbled across the music video for Twisted Sister’s song, “I Wanna Rock”. It had been quite some time since I had seen it […]
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Glaciers, Fjords, and Teambuilding
Many of us are surrounded by dichotomies and some of us live in more than one, I find myself a uniformed military officer living in […]
A Culture of Understanding
One of the things I find most challenging as leader of teams is developing a culture of understanding. Most of the people with whom I […]
Hard Right Rudder
I sincerely appreciate mentors who have and continue to invest in me. Even more than that, I appreciate the opportunity to invest in protégés. As […]
Defining Ourselves
Last month, I shared a post about an experiment that I had undertaken to crowdsource the development of the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental Strategic Guidance. […]
Big Rocks, Little Rocks, and Broken Windows
Odds are that if you are reading this, you are familiar with the term Big Rocks. If you are not, I recommend you watch this video from […]
Crowdsourcing Strategy
There are many definitions of strategy. Having served in the military for 25 years and counting, I have seen strategy take many shapes. Of late, […]
Bread Sunday
Our military housing community enjoys a tradition that is called Bread Sunday. Each week the same gracious volunteer gets up early Sunday morning and makes […]
Process
Many a coach is known to have said, “Trust the Process.” The utterance of such a phrase is heard with greater frequency when the outcomes […]
(It’s The) Work That Matters
I’ve had many jobs over the course of my career. I may not have enjoyed them all, but I am glad to have had the […]
Thanks for the Lessons…
I am far from fanatical about Christmas and I have never been overly excited about ringing in the New Year at the strike of midnight. […]
Drawing Inspiration
Today is the 30th of the month and as part of my commitment to myself, it marks one of the three days each month I […]
Sharing a Profession
Earlier this week I had the privilege of presenting at Steelcase’s Curious Minds guest speaker series. A longtime friend of mine (We served together as […]
The Fray
The fray is where the real work takes place. The fray is where action happens. The fray is the part of the organization that the […]
Missing Career Milestones
Last month, the Information Warfare Community, to which I have been a proud member for 25 years and counting, convened a board to screen officers […]
The New Guy
I thoroughly enjoy being the new guy on the team. There are zero expectations that you know anything and there is every expectation that you […]
Meaningful Differentiation
As a family and though not as leisurely as any of us would have liked, we spent the last week driving across our beautiful country. […]
Closing a Chapter
August 02, 2017, may very well go down in my memory bank as the most significant day in my career as a leader. It was […]
Doing Voids: Responding and Preventing
Earlier this year I wrote about outcomes a team is able to generate because of effective leaders and value a team is able to deliver despite […]
Betting on Horses
I am not a gambler, but some of my proudest moments as a leader come when I bet on the right horse. By “bet on” […]