How to Boil a Frog: The Dangers of Downsizing in the U.S. Military
There’s a story about the dangers of slow, incremental change. The story says if you throw a frog in hot, boiling water, he’ll jump right out. The way to boil a frog is to start with room-temperature water, and then slowly increase the temperature one degree at a time. Unable to sense the incremental change, the frog doesn’t jump out of the water. The all-volunteer force, like the frog, didn’t meet its current challenges through rapid change — it happened slowly, one degree at a time. For many senior leaders, the change is unrecognized since it happened over decades, spanning The post How to Boil a Frog: The Dangers of Downsizing in the U.S. Military appeared first on War on the Rocks.
There’s a story about the dangers of slow, incremental change. The story says if you throw a frog in hot, boiling water, he’ll jump right out. The way to boil a frog is to start with room-temperature water, and then slowly increase the temperature one degree at a time. Unable to sense the incremental change, the frog doesn’t jump out of the water. The all-volunteer force, like the frog, didn’t meet its current challenges through rapid change — it happened slowly, one degree at a time. For many senior leaders, the change is unrecognized since it happened over decades, spanning
The post How to Boil a Frog: The Dangers of Downsizing in the U.S. Military appeared first on War on the Rocks.
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