Sticking to a Hateful Task- Resilience, Humor, and British Understandings of Combat Courage 1914–1918 [Recommended Innovation Articles (and Commentary) #28]
This is a series I am posting to Medium where I share links to articles concerning innovation, strategic change, design thinking, and related topics. You can simply check my article feed and find all of them based on the reoccurring title theme and numbering such as above. People ask me frequently for article suggestions, and I also maintain several innovation distribution lists where I provide commentary and suggestions on one article at a time. All thoughts below are of my own opinion, and while most of the linked articles will be freely available, some may be behind paywalls due to where the article is published. Follow me on Medium, Twitter, and LinkedIn for new articles in this series.
In the nearly three decades I have served my nation either in active duty military service, as a military contractor, or lately as a defense government civilian, I often hear about ‘warrior ethos’ and how important it is to every warfighting organization. This ethos is like an ever-burning flame requiring fuel, care, and the right conditions or else it fizzles out. We struggle with how to instill this into each member and systemically across entire teams. Many services and organizations are deeply…
