Military
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The U.S. Naval Institute on Mentorship [Book]
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Naval service is an apprenticed profession. Experienced sailors mentor their younger shipmates, passing down their hard-earned knowledge and skills, and working side-by-side with the next generation of sailors. This new addition to the Wheel Book series includes some of the best writing on mentoring in the sea services from the past 100 years, offering guidance…
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A Bedrock of Trust [Book Chapter]
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Leadership must be built upon a bedrock of trust. This need is obvious in combat, when soldiers must trust their officers to make sound judgment and not to risk the lives and safety of their men needlessly or carelessly. In turn, officers must trust their soldiers to do their duty, and to strive to fulfill…
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A Bedrock of Trust [Strategy Bridge]
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2 min read
Leadership must be built upon a bedrock of trust. This need is obvious in combat, when soldiers must trust their officers to make sound judgment and not to risk the lives and safety of their men needlessly or carelessly. In turn, officers must trust their soldiers to do their duty, and to strive to fulfill…
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Armed with Knowledge: The Wartime School at Harvard Business School, 1941 – 1946 [Master’s Thesis]
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This thesis examines the experiences of the Army and Navy student-officers who attended the six Wartime Schools hosted at Harvard Business School during World War II, and seeks to answer the question, in what ways did the Wartime Schools students engage with, and become part of, the Harvard community? Drawing upon the official University records…
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From Unique Needs to Modular Platforms: The Future of Military Robotics [US Naval Institute Proceedings]
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“They are unbound by human limitations. They can remain airborne for long durations, do not require life support systems, do not need to eat or sleep, and they will never say no to a mission.” It’s no wonder political and military leaders are increasingly resting their futures on unmanned systems. From the mature Unmanned Aerial…