The Army Capstone Concept: the Army wants your comments

[slapout9]

Where the senior leaders come in in this form of organizational re-engineering is in the area of "lived experience" as well as "push". The truly crucial "A ha!" experience came from those same leaders realizing that what looks good on paper interacts with everything else to turn a good idea into an operational nightmare. The forced experience of working in a frontline position meant that they had an immediate, in their gut, feel for any new regulations that were proposed.

That's why I say the best generals were the ones that started out as Privates

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That's why I say the best generals were the ones that started out as Privates

No disagreement there, Slap ! However, if the KLM model were actually implemented, it would be a case of each general has to become a sergeant for a tour !

[slapout9]

No disagreement there, Slap ! However, if the KLM model were actually implemented, it would be a case of each general has to become a sergeant for a tour !

Absolutely! NYPD did something similar in the 80's by requiring senior commanders to work different shifts and different days of the week as part of their schedule.