The White Horse Project web site provided (via Bill Cumming) what I believe is a great find.
They have a European Command paper on Teams of Leaders (TOL) If you think about the EUCOM setting of multi-national military commands coming together to unite for a common purpose, you might easily understand the challenges of bringing the cross cultural aspects of the people and functions together.
What struck me was the similarity to our everyday workplaces and incident command. The normal hierarchical walls that separate us are falling rapidly--if we let them. To succeed in the new economy will require us to adapt to new ways of working together in order to reap the benefits and economies of scale.
This "learning from the military" reminded me that people always remark how Incident Command came from California and FIRESCOPE. For those of you with no military background, let me tell you that you can take any military person and show them ICS and they will instantly recognize the structure and concepts that ICS has--since they came from the art of warfare.
Take a look at the link I provided above. Note the reliance and need for the building of relationships and trust between individuals and organizations. There are some performance measurements (that's what I call them) near the end. How does your jurisdiction and "region" measure up?
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They have a European Command paper on Teams of Leaders (TOL) If you think about the EUCOM setting of multi-national military commands coming together to unite for a common purpose, you might easily understand the challenges of bringing the cross cultural aspects of the people and functions together.
What struck me was the similarity to our everyday workplaces and incident command. The normal hierarchical walls that separate us are falling rapidly--if we let them. To succeed in the new economy will require us to adapt to new ways of working together in order to reap the benefits and economies of scale.
This "learning from the military" reminded me that people always remark how Incident Command came from California and FIRESCOPE. For those of you with no military background, let me tell you that you can take any military person and show them ICS and they will instantly recognize the structure and concepts that ICS has--since they came from the art of warfare.
Take a look at the link I provided above. Note the reliance and need for the building of relationships and trust between individuals and organizations. There are some performance measurements (that's what I call them) near the end. How does your jurisdiction and "region" measure up?
