Don Vandergriff: The US Army’s Poor Leadership — How Did It Get So Bad?

How did the US Army’s leadership problem grow so bad? Summary:  The US spends $600 billion on the US military (narrowly defined; almost a trillion broadly), yet repeatedly fails to defeat our poorly trained and equipped foes. In this chapter of our series asking “why”, Don Vandergriff points to ways the Army selects and promotes officers …

Robert Steele: Reinventing the US Army Part III – Strategy, Reality, Precepts, Structure, & Leadership

Steele, Robert. Reinventing the US Army Part III – Strategy, Reality, Precepts, Structure, & Leadership, Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, Press, Projected Publication 2017. Part III in the Reinventing the US Army monograph series. Robert David Steele This is the author’s preliminary draft of the third of three monographs focused on …

Stephen E. Arnold: Technology Can Be Toxic

Technology Takes It on the Nose I put this passage in my quote file: But technology is not neutral – and neither is code nor numbers. There are human, subjective judgments lurking behind the apparent objectivity offered by algorithms and the “user-friendly” operating systems. These technologies perform almost magically, while at the same time enabling …