By the Editor – Ask yourself whether mission command is alive and kicking today or is it just another leadership sound bite? How much are you subject to the ‘long screwdriver’ and the dictates of process rather than outcomes? As the author demonstrates the need of working off one’s own initiative is at times critical to getting inside the OODA loop. Would you do the same today? When the ‘Argies’ invaded the Falklands most of the Navy was on leave. On the staff of 2SL/CinC NAVHOME (at the time this role focussed more on personnel issues), along with a Leading Writer, I was minding the RNR shop.…
