21st Century Opposed Systems Design
Barry Watts expands on his earlier comment over at DoD Buzz about our lack of skill in making clear strategic choices. He defines those as:
insightful strategic choices refer to devising courses of action likely to achieve one’s ultimate goals despite resource constraints, political considerations, bureaucratic resistance, the adversary’s opposing efforts, and the intractable un-certainties as to how a chosen strategy may ultimately work out.It is a powerhouse article that makes connections to cognitive science and psychology. Apparently he’s working on a longer study about this at CSBA; I can’t wait to see it. We need to think big about how we’re going to tackle this meta-problem (thinking about how to identify the right thinkers).
I think that a conscious recognition *that one is actually going meta on a problem* is a good tack toward the most productive solution gradient. ;-
Comment by Moon — April 15, 2009 @ 8:39 am
Indeed.
Comment by Wiggins — April 16, 2009 @ 2:24 pm