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Pyrrhic Victory: Winning the Battle, Losing the War

The Basics In a classic American folktale, a stubborn railroad worker decides to prove his skill by competing with a drilling machine. John Henry, enraged to hear that machines might take his job, …

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OODA LOOP: What You Can Learn from Fighter Pilots About Making Fast and Accurate Decisions

What techniques do people use in the most extreme situations to make decisions? What can we learn from them to help us make more rational and quick decisions? If these techniques work in the most …

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The Relationship Between Design and Planning

While I’m not all that interested in military doctrine and tactics in and of themselves, I am interested in complex systems, how the weak win wars, and the lessons military leaders offer (for …

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