Leading Military Innovation, Past and Present

In: http://hdl.handle.net/10945/60818

Abstract

The article of record as published may be found at http://cimsec.org/leading-military-innovation-past-and-present/37073 ; Recently, senior decision makers and leaders, including the CNO, CMC, and SecNav, have expressed a belief in the centrality of military innovation and adaptation, and many commentators in think tanks and the press are promoting more military innovation for future readiness. Implicitly or explicitly, enthusiasms for innovation usually take one of the three following forms: emphasizing the nature of innovative thinking, the achievement of new innovations in military organizations, and establishing a culture of innovation.