Institutional Adaptation: Generating the 21st-century Army

摘要

During my 19 months in Afghanistan, every night before going to sleep I would turn on my Tandberg video teleconference machine and speak with my fellow two-star commanders about our requirements. Our standard practice was to use only as many resources on a particular task as was absolutely necessary because whatever was used that day would not be available the next day. We regularly anticipated each other's needs and shifted resources where they were needed before we were asked. It was the model of collaboration.