Hello Monday Folks!
1. Question – Does this sum up how we seem to be
fighting the War on Global Terror?
2. Thought – “Some of these new thinkers say
if we have better intelligence, if we can see everything,
we can’t lose,” Colonel Van Riper said.
“What my brother always says is, ‘Hey, say you
are looking at a chess board. Is there anything you
can’t see? No. But are you guaranteed to win? Not at
all, because you can’t see what the other guy is
thinking.’ More and more commanders want to know
everything, and they get imprisoned by that idea. They get
locked in. But you can never know everything. The big
giant is tied down by those little rules and regulations
and procedures. And the little guy? He just runs around
and does what he wants.” (Blink, by Malcolm
Gladwell)
“The wise does at once what the fool does
last.”
(Baltasar Gracian)
Wonderful book. Commanders are tied down by regulations
and the fear of making a mistake and we let an opportune
moment go by to get better intel or process improve.
I’ve seen it and lived it.