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Below you'll find a list of all posts from August, 2018

Technology had been both a cause of our challenge and a tool for our success. But it was the culture change in the organization that allowed the Task Force to use it properly.

Stanley McChrystal in 'Team of Teams'

Fabio Walser August 27. 2018 X-board: 'Team of Teams'

We had become not a well-oiled machine, but an adaptable, complex organism, constantly twisting, turning, and learning to overwhelm our protean adversary.

Stanley McChrystal in 'Team of Teams'

Fabio Walser August 23. 2018 X-board: 'Team of Teams'

Our thinking had become smarter, and our execution more nimble. We were learning and adapting quicker than the enemy and–finally–hitting them faster than they could regenerate.

Stanley McChrystal in 'Team of Teams'

Fabio Walser August 20. 2018 X-board: 'Team of Teams'

We were now amorphous and organic, supported by crisscrossing bonds of trust and communication that decades of managers might have labeled as inefficient, redundant, or chaotic.

Stanley McChrystal in 'Team of Teams'

Fabio Walser August 17. 2018 X-board: 'Team of Teams'

We had fused a radical sharing of information with extreme decentralization of decision-making authority.

Stanley McChrystal in 'Team of Teams'

Fabio Walser August 13. 2018 X-board: 'Team of Teams'

Driven by the necessity to keep pace with an agile enemy and a complex environment, we had become adaptable.

Stanley McChrystal in 'Team of Teams'

Fabio Walser August 10. 2018 X-board: 'Team of Teams'

A gardening approach to leadership is anything but passive. The leader acts as an 'Eyes-On, Hands-Off' enabler who creates and maintains an ecosystem in which the organization operates.

Stanley McChrystal in 'Team of Teams'

Fabio Walser August 7. 2018 X-board: 'Team of Teams'

Even quantum leaps in artificial intelligence are unlikely to provide the personal will, moral courage, and compassion that good leaders offer.

Stanley McChrystal in 'Team of Teams'

Fabio Walser August 4. 2018 X-board: 'Team of Teams'

As the world becomes more complex, the importance of leaders will only increase.

Stanley McChrystal in 'Team of Teams'

Fabio Walser August 1. 2018 X-board: 'Team of Teams'