Why Logisticians Fail at Knowledge Management

摘要

You are the senior logistician in the command post this morning. It is 0800, and you are about to brief the commander in his battle update brief. You have been preparing for the brief since 0600 because the slides were due to the battle captain by 0700. You get up to brief the commander and start spouting out numbers and figures. "We have 100,000 gallons of JP8 and 50 pallets of bottled water. Ammo is green. We are expecting a push from the sustainment brigade later tonight. Our operational readiness rate is 87 percent," and on, and on, and on.