John Boyd forever changed the way the United States fights wars, both on the ground and in the air. This is rather impressive considering his own limited battlefield experience, as he just missed ...

“If you screw up, it could literally mean your life or the life of the guy next to you or below you.” “It is rewarding but extremely demanding of your time and physical body. It can kill you if you ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. I was glad to see that, in an item yesterday called “The Way of the ...

An Indian Air Force commando stands in front of a Soviet-era Pechora air defense system on Sept. 27, 2019. (Sam Panthaky/AFP via Getty Images) Following the recent India-China standoff in the eastern ...

The figure below explains the OODA loop in more detail. Based on the data collected from the surroundings through 'observation', the five aspects of cultural tradition, analysis and integration, past ...

Cybersecurity borrows many of its concepts and strategies from the military domain. For instance, Lockheed’s famed Cyber Kill Chain is the cyber adaptation of the military kill chain, which identifies ...

Data leaks, breaches, and cyberattacks are becoming the norm, spawning discussions on how organizations can effectively defend themselves against an ever-evolving threat landscape. With the modern ...

As marketers, our battlefield is the marketplace. We do everything we can to lower our acquisition costs, generate awareness and convert more of an audience, all while striving to be faster and ...

In managing themselves and their institutions to improve performance -- to execute, not just to decide -- executives depend on learning. We aren't good at most things until we've done them for a while ...

In certain circles, I'm known as King of the Acronym, or KOTA. After all, I'm the guy who gave the world ICTAFCOA (increasing commitment to a failing course of action), LPOOP (little pairs out of ...