Category: Books

Week Four is the final week in the Warfighting Book Club, relating the Marine Corps doctrinal publication Warfighting to business agility. This is probably my favorite chapter in the book. Several of the sections (Philosophy of Command, Commander’s Intent, Surfaces and Gaps) would be worth an entire week’s discussion on their own. For facilitators, adding…

This is Week Three in the Warfighting Book Club, relating the Marine Corps doctrinal publication Warfighting to business agility. This section is not my favorite, but raises a lot of good questions to consider organizationally. Warfighting Week Three Leader’s Notes and Questions [Page numbers and quotes are taken from Warfighting, MCDP 1, 2019 Edition]

This is Week Two in the Warfighting Book Club, relating the Marine Corps doctrinal publication Warfighting to business agility. This was a great, meaty section. I left a lot of possible topics and questions off the list because we only had so much time to discuss. Warfighting Week Two Leader’s Notes and Questions [Page numbers…

One of the best books on agile development or business agility is Warfighting, Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication #1. It takes a little bit of work to translate from the military domain to the business domain, but it’s worth it, in much the same way that The Art of War is. I recently led a book…