Military Planning 2.0 with Mind-Mapping

We have not had a real breakthrough in planning processes for a long time.  Military planners have long had a 1/3-2/3 rule that says for any given mission, senior planners or headquarters elements take 1/3 of available time to plan and give 2/3 of the time to subordinate units or commanders for preparing to execute the mission.  This rule was ingrained in me even as a cadet in the Fighting Texas Aggie Corps.  The rule is a good one even for today, but technology in the form of real-time mind-mapping (MM) makes this a nearly obsolete paradigm and greatly enhances the concept to execution process.

Walk out with something done

If you’ve followed my articles at all you’ve noticed my inspiration for them comes from real contacts.  I caught up with an old friend who is now a regional executive with one of the top 3 pharma companies in the world.  I relayed to him why I decided to add deBono Thinking Systems to my consulting portfolio:  Over 20 years of seeing verbal ping-pong played out in countless meetings resulting in little to no output – an atmosphere dominated by titles, egos, and type A personalities.  My friend is experiencing the same thing.