Comments on: Lessons Learned in Sports and War http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/02/06/lessons-learned-in-sports-and-war/ Strategy, Systems Thinking and Military Affairs. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:16:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Fabius Maximus http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/02/06/lessons-learned-in-sports-and-war/#comment-388 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:41:51 +0000 http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2008/02/06/lessons-learned-in-sports-and-war/#comment-388 Lesson learned: *never* use analogies about sports which one never plays or watches! The point which I made so poorly is well-documented in both the book and elsewhere: until Bowden's book made the best-sellers list, DOD made little effort to harvest the many important lessons from this battle. That is not a good thing. Lesson learned: *never* use analogies about sports which one never plays or watches!

The point which I made so poorly is well-documented in both the book and elsewhere: until Bowden’s book made the best-sellers list, DOD made little effort to harvest the many important lessons from this battle. That is not a good thing.

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