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Special operations are small, highly specialized. They do amazing work when they're put into the fight, but it's a limited resource. And so if we become overly dependent on an organization that's designed for a very specific mission and expect them to solve all problems around the world, you're naturally going to overextend it.

~Chris Fussell

Topics: Amazing Around Become Dependent Designed Expect Fight Going Highly Limited Mission Naturally Operations Organization Overly Problems Put Resource Small Solve Special Specialized Specific Them Very Work World You

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As the insurgency in Iraq started to grow, we realized this is a connected network of individual actors that can move at light speed.

~Chris Fussell

Topics: Actor Connected Grow Individual Insurgency Iraq Light Move Network Realized Speed Started

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When we first met, I was probably six layers down in the military structure, but General McChrystal at that time was a soldier's leader, and he was part of the task force. So everyone developed close relationships.

~Chris Fussell

Topics: Close Developed Down Everyone First Force General He Layers Leader Met Military Part Relationships Six Soldier Structure Task Time

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As you move up a traditional, sort of bureaucratic structure, there's a certain point at which you realize, 'Well, I'm not really on the implementation or execution side - I'm not on the battlefield. I'm an operations person who's overseeing multiple units that are out on the ground doing the job.'

~Chris Fussell

Topics: Battlefield Bureaucratic Certain Certain Point Doing Execution Ground Implementation Job Move Multiple Operations Out Person Point Realize Really Side Sort Structure Traditional Units Up Well Which You

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Bureaucratic advancement means fewer peers, more span of control, generally an increasing information-pump function, and increased distance from the actual implementation of whatever it is the organization does.

~Chris Fussell

Topics: Actual Advancement Bureaucratic Control Distance Does Fewer Function Generally Implementation Increased Increasing Means More Organization Peers Span Whatever

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The reality, as the battlefield taught us, is that a 20th-century organizational system is simply insufficient for the speed of the information age.

~Chris Fussell

Topics: Age Battlefield Information Information Age Insufficient Organizational Reality Simply Speed System Taught Us

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How often are you really realigning yourselves on strategy? And does it need to be faster, based on how quickly your market actually changes? The answer is usually yes.

~Chris Fussell

Topics: Actually Answer Based Changes Does Faster How Market Need Often Quickly Really Strategy Yes You Your

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If the most deeply interconnected individuals can exemplify the behaviors that your official top brass sets out, then the rest of the organization will follow suit.

~Chris Fussell

Topics: Behaviors Brass Deeply Follow Individuals Interconnected Most Official Organization Out Rest Sets Suit Then Top Will Your

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The truth is that key influencers exist in all effective organizations, but a solid-line org chart won't tell you where they are.

~Chris Fussell

Topics: Chart Effective Exist Key Organizations Tell Truth Truth Is Where You

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In 2010, I was an executive officer in the Navy, splitting my time between U.S. headquarters and being deployed to an international location.

~Chris Fussell

Topics: Being Between Deployed Executive Headquarters International Location My Time Navy Officer Splitting Time

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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