In the first world war, you needed to achieve mass in artillery fire and attacking forces. It took immense amounts of planning and then these very detailed, time driven orders. 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 when it doesn't matter, when it's something unimportant, i'll let everybody show their initiative. But now it's really important, and i would argue the exact opposite is true.
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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