In the First World War, because of the trench system on the Western Front, you needed to achieve mass in artillery fire and attacking forces. And so they would write these very detailed battle plans that would say this minute this happens. The problem is that's very inflexible and brittle. Once things start to go awry, if your organization is following that plan or centralized guidance, which isn't very adaptable, then suddenly you start being clunky - getting horrific outcomes. As we start to get in a more fluid environment where that mass can be defeated by the enemy once they identify it, you've got to suddenly have something that can pick up information at the more decentralized locations and then
ABOUT GENERAL STANLEY MCCHRYSTAL
General Stanley McChrystal is a retired four-star general, the former commander of US and International Security Assistance Forces in Afghanistan, and former commander of Joint Special Operations Command, America’s premier military counter-terrorism force.
General McChrystal is also the founder of the McChrystal Group, a senior fellow at Yale University, and the author of several New York Times bestselling books including Leaders: Myth & Reality and his most recent book Risk: A User’s Guide.
General McChrystal joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to discuss how to assess risk, core qualities of leadership he looks for, propaganda, the conflict in Ukraine and more.
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