Free field card · W.J.M. Smith
The Commander’s Playbook
Six moves for leading a force that is not all one thing, on a single page you can print and keep on a clipboard.
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From Chapter 9
What is on the card
One loop, not a list. Two of these moves see the problem; four act on it. The order is set by the problem, never by the numbers.
- Read the differenceSeeRead it as a seam, not a soul.
- Build the machineryActBuild the bridges before you need them.
- Set intent, and check it landedActNever trust the words to travel on their own.
- Find the real source of frictionSeeRead the system before you judge the man.
- Choose the toolsActKnow the problems that call for none.
- Steward the conditionsActTend the climate so the word can pass.
The loop: diagnose, intervene, then read again what the intervention moved, and go round.
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