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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Create
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- Nov 07, 2020
The 21st century is dominated by networks because the introduction of the information age, we can suddenly create, free flow these globally distributed, organic, shaped networks of individuals.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Defense Department is prone to all of the 'traditional bureaucratic rules,' which is the same thing you'll find in most traditional government systems.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
As the insurgency in Iraq started to grow, we realized this is a connected network of individual actors that can move at light speed.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we first met, I was probably six layers down in the military structure, but General McChrystal at that time was a soldier's leader, and he was part of the task force. So everyone developed close relationships.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
As you move up a traditional, sort of bureaucratic structure, there's a certain point at which you realize, 'Well, I'm not really on the implementation or execution side - I'm not on the battlefield. I'm an operations person who's overseeing multiple units that are out on the ground doing the job.'
- Distance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bureaucratic advancement means fewer peers, more span of control, generally an increasing information-pump function, and increased distance from the actual implementation of whatever it is the organization does.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reality, as the battlefield taught us, is that a 20th-century organizational system is simply insufficient for the speed of the information age.
- Follow
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the most deeply interconnected individuals can exemplify the behaviors that your official top brass sets out, then the rest of the organization will follow suit.
- Tell
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- Nov 07, 2020
The truth is that key influencers exist in all effective organizations, but a solid-line org chart won't tell you where they are.
- Headquarters
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2010, I was an executive officer in the Navy, splitting my time between U.S. headquarters and being deployed to an international location.
- Organization
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I found while leading special operations forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, if the problem is interconnected, your organization must be, as well.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most teams are naturally flat; they have fewer members than a large enterprise, which allows for intimacy and trust to form. This makes collaborative problem solving in individual teams more straightforward.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
Leaders in an interconnected organization must be comfortable sitting in the middle of a network, not at the top of an org-chart.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the military, and in business, the most elite and effective teams I've seen or been part of are filled with individuals who take responsibility for their choices. Life is a series of decisions that you make and actions you take, not a series of things that happen to you.
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a leader, you sit at a different level of perspective from your team, either with line of sight higher and across the organization structure or connected at more senior levels with your clients and partners.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is clearly risk associated with empowering your team to make more and faster decisions at a lowerlevel than was previously the norm. As you take your hands off the wheel, you need to be more vigilant and aware than ever about the decisions your team is making.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a leader, you must consistently drive effective communication. Meetings must be deliberate and intentional - your organizational rhythm should value purpose over habit and effectiveness over efficiency.
- Stay
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're trying to stay productive, stop and think, 'Are my meetings actually productive, or are we merely having meetings for meetings' sake?'
- Challenges
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- Nov 07, 2020
The information age has ushered in a networked and interdependent world, one in which challenges and opportunities appear and disappear faster than traditional organizational models can manage.
- Act
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- Nov 07, 2020
A dynamic team cannot rely solely on orders; they must be able to read each others' every move so they can act as parts of a coordinated whole.
- Mentality
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the collective mentality of any organization is self and self-preservation first, it's a sure sign of pending doom.
- Bureaucracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
In any bureaucracy, there's a natural tendency to let the system become an excuse for inaction.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020