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Ears Open, Mouth Shut: How the Navy Should Really Approach Innovation
Cross-posted by permission from CIMSEC’s NextWar Blog You cannot force innovation. Especially in the Navy. This truism is continually repeated, from the ATHENA Project to Navy Warfare Development...
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The Virtue of Being a Generalist, Part 1: A Day in the Life of Sub Lieutenant...
This post is the first in a series being cross-posted from CIMSEC. The United States Navy’s surface fleet finds itself in dynamic times. The standard length for deployments continues to rise, numerous...
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Veterans Supporting Homeless Veterans
Homelessness is a difficult social issue that faces Americans head-on on a daily basis. Though it can be a complex issue made up of a myriad of different personal stories and unimaginable...
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The Virtue of Being a Generalist, Part 2: Are All Nuggets Created Equal?
U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officers have a Napoleon complex. The community is often described as inherently self-conscious and hyper-competitive. Though SWO’s often sell themselves short, in reality,...
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The Virtue of Being a Generalist, Part 3: Viper and the Pitfalls of ‘Good...
In both Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, I compared various naval counterparts – laying the groundwork for discussing what the U.S. Navy’s Surface Warfare Officer community is getting right, and what...
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The Saga of the Misplaced Brow
In 2013, an article explored the gulf between creativity and innovation within the U.S. Navy’s ranks. It defined creativity as “investing in our future” and innovation as “finding a new way to solve an...
View ArticleWhy Are We Here?
“Why are we here?” As leaders, this is one of the most difficult questions to wrestle with. Every person wants to know the why behind the orders they both give and receive. Every person wants to have a...
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