Podcast appearances and mentions of Chris Fussell

BayWa AGs Geheimnis für HR-Erfolg? Johannes Schenk enthüllt, wie innovative Personalstrategien echte Veränderungen bewirken.Johannes Füß unterhält sich hierfür mit Johannes, Leiter Ausbildung & Strategische Personalentwicklung der BayWa AG.Das erwartet Dich:1. Einsatz digitaler Tools zur Effizienzsteigerung und Optimierung der HR-Prozesse.2. Strategien zur Stärkung der Mitarbeiter- und Mitarbeiterinnenbindung und Förderung einer positiven Unternehmenskultur.3. Wie die BayWa AG Technologien in der Talententwicklung einsetzt.4. Ansätze zur Entwicklung von Führungskräften und effektivem Performance Management. 5. Wie Diversity- und Inklusionsstrategien in der Unternehmenskultur implementiert werden.___________Über Johannes Schenk:Johannes Schenk, Leiter Ausbildung & Strategische Personalentwicklung bei BayWa, hat mit seinen nahezu 10 Jahren HR-Erfahrung den Fokus auf Ausbildung, Talent- und Organisationsentwicklung. Seit 4 Jahren im Konzern, treibt er Themen voran, modernisiert Konzepte, digitalisiert Prozesse. Mit der Erfahrung als Trainer und Systemischer Organisationsentwickler/Change Manager bringt er sportlichen Enthusiasmus für Herausforderungen und persönliche Weiterentwicklung mit.Johannes plant ein PE-Netzwerk für quartalsweise Treffen. Wer gerne dabei sein möchte, um über aktuelle und zukünftige Themen zu sprechen, darf sich gerne bei ihm melden.Connecte Dich mit Johannes Schenk auf LinkedIn und schreibe ihm: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannes-schenk-624487143/ Johannes Schenks Lieblings-Businessbücher:Team of Teams: Wie Organisationen ihre Anpassungsfähigkeit in einer komplexen Welt verbessern können von Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, David Silverman und Chris Fussell | https://shorturl.at/vAD58Reinventing Organizations: Ein Leitfaden zur Gestaltung sinnstiftender Formen der Zusammenarbeit von Frederic Laloux | https://shorturl.at/OPQRX___________Über die BayWa AG:Die BayWa, aus genossenschaftlichem Landhandel entstanden, entwickelte sich in 100 Jahren zu einem internationalen, börsennotierten Unternehmen. Tief in Bayern verwurzelt, ist sie auf 5 Kontinenten aktiv. Im Konzern arbeiten über 24.000 Menschen aus 40+ Ländern vertrauensvoll zusammen. Die BayWa ist an 400+ Standorten in Deutschland präsent und als Grundversorger bietet sie Produkte und Lösungen für Ernährung, Wärme, Strom, Wohnen und Mobilität.Website: https://www.baywa.com/Industrie: Energie, Agrar, BauFirmengröße: 20.000+Gegründet: 1923___________Über unseren Host Johannes Füß:Johannes Füß ist Vice President von EGYM Wellpass, die mit ihrer Firmenfitness den perfekten Corporate Health-Benefit für ein produktives, gesundes und ausgeglichenes Team bietet. Der in München geborene Schokoladen-Liebhaber hat eine große Leidenschaft für die Alpen, das Wandern und Skifahren.Schreibe Johannes Füß auf LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannes-füß/ __________Der Level Up HR Podcast wird von unseren Freunden von SAWOO produziert – https://www.sawoo.io

Chapter 1 Dissect the inner meaning of Team of Teams"Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World" is a book written by General Stanley McChrystal, along with Tantum Collins, David Silverman, and Chris Fussell. It explores the changing nature of warfare and leadership in the 21st century, with a focus on the need for organizational agility and adaptability.In the book, McChrystal draws from his experience as the commander of the Joint Special Operations Task Force in Iraq during the Iraq War. He highlights how the traditional hierarchical approach to leadership and decision-making was inadequate in dealing with the complexity and speed of operations in a rapidly changing environment.McChrystal argues that the conventional "silos" of departments and organizations hinder effective collaboration and information sharing. He proposes a model of a "team of teams," where different units and organizations work together seamlessly to achieve a common goal. This approach emphasizes transparency, decentralized decision-making, and a culture of trust and shared consciousness.Through compelling anecdotes and examples, McChrystal offers insights into the challenges faced by organizations in today's interconnected world and provides practical advice on how to foster a more effective, agile, and adaptable team. He emphasizes the importance of communication, trust, and empowering individuals to make decisions, while also encouraging leaders to relinquish control and embrace a more decentralized approach."Team of Teams" offers lessons not only for the military but also for businesses, governments, and organizations operating in complex environments. It provides valuable insights on how to navigate and thrive in a rapidly changing world, where interconnectedness and adaptability are crucial for success.Chapter 2 Does Team of Teams A Good Book deserve a Read?"Team of Teams" is a book that explores the transformation of traditional organizational structures into more adaptable, agile teams. The book draws on the author's experience as a senior military leader during the Iraq War, and it discusses the challenges faced by modern organizations in complex and rapidly changing environments.Many readers and reviewers have found the book to be informative and thought-provoking. It offers insights on leadership, collaboration, and the importance of information sharing in overcoming complex challenges. Some readers have praised the book for its practical advice on how to create a more effective and dynamic team culture.However, it's important to note that the book's relevance might vary depending on your specific interests and needs. If you are interested in leadership, organizational change, or military strategies, "Team of Teams" may provide valuable insights. However, if these topics are not of interest to you, you may find the book less engaging.To get a better understanding of whether the book is a good fit for you, you can consider reading reviews, summaries, or excerpts available online. Additionally, consulting with individuals who have read the book or checking the book's ratings on platforms like Goodreads could also help you assess its suitability.Chapter 3 Synopsis of Team of Teams "Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World" is a book written by General Stanley McChrystal, along with David Silverman, Chris Fussell, and Tantum Collins. It explores the challenges faced by organizations in today's complex and interconnected world and proposes a new approach to leadership.In the book, McChrystal reflects on his experience as the commander of Joint...

Todd Bradley is an Operating Partner at One Equity Partners, a middle market private equity firm focused on transformative combinations within the industrial, healthcare, and technology sectors in North America and Europe. Todd is also a member of the Board of Directors at Mattel, Commvault, and Spartronics. Before One Equity Partners, Todd was the CEO of Mozido, President of TIBCO Software, Inc., and EVP at Hewlett-Packard. He also held senior management positions at GE Capital, Palm Inc., Gateway, and AC Nielsen. In this episode… Early in Todd Bradley's career, he learned a very simple (yet valuable) philosophy: If you take care of your people, they will take care of your service and your customers, who, in turn, will take care of your profits. But what are the best ways to look after your people and create a winning team? According to Todd, you must assess your weaknesses and turn them into strengths, give your team effective performance feedback, and be exceptionally honest. In this episode of the Talent Wins podcast, Chris Mursau is joined by Todd Bradley, Operating Partner at One Equity Partners, to talk about his experience creating extraordinary teams. Todd shares how he worked through challenges in his career, how talent management has changed recently, and his favorite book. Resources Mentioned in this episode Chris Mursau on LinkedIn Topgrading on LinkedIn Topgrading Todd Bradley on LinkedIn One Equity Partners Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by General Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, David Silverman, and Chris Fussell

No Turning Back first began in April of 2020, originating as a video series where Stan McChrystal and Chris Fussell would speak with some of the world's most consequential leaders about leadership and resilience through such unprecedented times. This video series served as a way to bring people together for a conversation and gave viewers a slight reprieve from the uncertainty in our world. We quickly realized there was a larger audience who were looking for impactful conversations like No Turning Back. Since then, we've released over 75 conversations with leaders of all different backgrounds and industries, discussing their experiences facing the pressing challenges they and their organizations encounter every day. As we wrap up this series, we're taking a look back at the favorite episodes from our team who helped create No Turning Back from behind the scenes.

We've been focused on the War in Ukraine since before it started. But you've never heard our bonus content, that has until now been Patreon exclusive. It's a little lighter than our regular stuff—and will help you get an idea of how the people on the front lines and in the center of the pressure cooker are keeping themselves sane and focused. From the food they miss back home, to the drinks they're looking forward to, to memories of times that seem like a million years ago, these clips will take you behind the scenes and deeper into conversations with fascinating and impactful leaders at the epicenter of the most important elements of the war in Ukraine. A Navy SEAL Commander on tactics and weapons of the war, a best-selling author just back from training Ukrainian civilians to fight, to the Professor of Nukes. These are real leaders and real talk about the biggest news story of our time.  Join us on Patreon and get even more great extra content just like this, connect with guests, attend events, get merch discounts and more, all while supporting this show and community.  Go deeper and listen to the full Ukraine War Report episodes with these dynamic guests here: Matt Gallagher - Episode 161 - March 18, 2022 Quan Nguyen - Episode 162 - March 24, 2022 Joe Cirincione - Episode 163 - March 28, 2022 Chris Fussell - Episode 164 - March 31, 2022 Seth Harp - Episode 165 - April 7, 2022 Every episode of Independent Americans hosted by Paul Rieckhoff is the truth beyond the news–and light to contrast the heat of other politics and news shows. It's content for the 42% of Americans that proudly call themselves independent. And delivers the Righteous Media 5 Is: independence, integrity, information, inspiration and impact. Always with a unique focus on national security, foreign affairs and military and veterans issues. This is another pod to help you stay vigilant. Because vigilance is the price of democracy. In these trying times especially, Independent Americans will continue to be your trusted place for independent news, politics and inspiration.  -Check the hashtag #LookForTheHelpers on Twitter. And share yours.  -Find us on social media or www.IndependentAmericans.us. You can also see video with every guest.  -Hear other Righteous podcasts like The Firefighters Podcast with Rob Serra, Uncle Montel - The OG of Weed and B Dorm.  Independent Americans is powered by Righteous Media. America's next great independent media company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you're interested in growing in your leadership practice and being inspired to think differently and unlock greater personal potential, we want to give you a gift. Just click the link below and tell us where to send you 12 Ideas That Will Make You A Better Leader In 2022. Chris Fussell is the President of McChrystal Group, a leadership consulting firm based in Alexandria, Virginia and London, England. He became President in 2018 after joining the firm as Partner in 2012. He left the US Navy in 2012 after serving 15-years as a Navy SEAL Officer. Chris is the author of 2017 WSJ Best Seller "One Mission: How Leaders Build a Team of Teams", and co-author of 2015 NYT Best Seller "Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World". He is a Senior Fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, a Senior Fellow at New America, a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the board of trustees with the Naval Postgraduate School Foundation. Chris co-hosts the weekly podcast "No Turning Back" with Stan McChrystal where they interview the world's most consequential leaders. I mentioned this episode of the Craig Groeschel Leadership podcast about Leading Out of a Crisis.  

Part 2 of this  leadership journey with you in an amazing book called One Mission by Chris Fussell here is description from Amazon.  Too often, companies end up with teams stuck in their own silos, pursuing goals and metrics in isolation. Their traditional autocratic structures create stability, scalability, and predictability -- but in a world that demands rapid adaptation to a new reality, this traditional model simply doesn't work.   In Team of Teams, retired four-star General Stanley McChrystal and former Navy SEAL Chris Fussell made the case for a new organizational model combining the agility, adaptability, and cohesion of a small team with the power and resources of a giant organization. Now, in One Mission, Fussell channels all his experiences, both military and corporate, into powerful strategies for unifying isolated and distrustful teams.   This practical guide will help leaders in any field implement the Team of Teams approach to tear down their silos improve collaboration, and avoid turf wars. By committing to one higher mission, organizations develop an overall capability that far exceeds the sum of their parts.   From Silicon Valley software giant Intuit to a government agency on the plains of Oklahoma, organizations have used Fussell's methods to unite their people around a single compelling vision, resulting in superior performance. One Mission will help you follow their example to a more agile and resilient future. This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weakness, strategies, systems and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business.    Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list where I drop business & marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

Millions of civilians are caught in an unimaginable hell that continues to unfold in Ukraine.  But what's really happening on the battlefield? What weapons are making a difference? How are the Ukrainian and Russian militaries critically different? What critical missions in/around Ukraine might American Special Forces get tasked with? We've all seen lots of retired generals on cable news. And we've all seen quick videos on social media of tanks getting blown up. In this episode, we're going deeper in a way you haven't heard before. With a guest who knows more about 21st century battle than just about anyone. He doesn't just know it academically, he knows it personally. He's a returning guest and a true leader. Former Navy SEAL DEVGRU Commander, Chris Fussell.  Chris (@FussellChris) is a man who knows war. Steeled by leadership roles in the most selective Special Operations units in the military, he understands the chaos of modern combat. He led the most elite unit: the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU) and Navy SEAL Teams 2 and 8 on some of the most critical missions of our generation.  He joined us back in Episode 50 in March, 2020–right before the pandemic exploded. And a month later for a special Dispatches. Chris spent 16 years at the tip of the spear for America's most complex national security challenges and as Aide-de-Camp to Gen Stanley McChrystal as he commanded the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in Iraq. He teaches leadership at Yale, speaks to packed audiences, and coaches top leaders worldwide.  He's the author of the bestsellers, Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World and One Mission: How Leaders Build a Team of Teams and now serves as President of McChrystal Group--an elite management consulting and leadership development firm in Washington.  A former wrestler and with a degree in philosophy, Chris is a true warrior philosopher. He has a Master of Arts in Irregular Warfare from the Naval Postgraduate School, and received the Pat Tillman Award for highest peer-rated Special Operations Officer. His thesis focused on the interagency collaboration and intelligence sharing processes that drove effective, cross-silo collaboration during the peak of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Chris knows modern warfare. And he's gonna break down the strategic and tacticial. The political and psychological. Almost nobody you see on TV or hear on the radio has the depth of personal experience in combat that Chris does. Or the mind to pull apart what's happening beneath the headlines. Every episode of Independent Americans hosted by Paul Rieckhoff is the truth beyond the news–and light to contrast the heat of other politics and news shows. It's content for the 42% of Americans that proudly call themselves independent. And delivers the Righteous Media 5 Is: independence, integrity, information, inspiration and impact. Always with a unique focus on national security, foreign affairs and military and veterans issues. This is another pod to help you stay vigilant. Because vigilance is the price of democracy. In these trying times especially, Independent Americans will continue to be your trusted place for independent news, politics and inspiration.  -Get extra content, connect with guests, attend events, get merch discounts and support this show that speaks truth to power by joining us on Patreon.  -Check out Chris' book: One Mission: How Leaders Build a Team of Teams   -Here's the video of the dancing Ukrainian troops that Paul's mentioned.  -WATCH video of the Paul and Chris conversation here. -Check the hashtag #LookForTheHelpers on Twitter. And share yours.  -Find us on social media or www.IndependentAmericans.us. -Hear other Righteous podcasts like The Firefighters Podcast with Rob Serra, Uncle Montel - The OG of Weed and B Dorm.  Independent Americans is powered by Righteous Media. America's next great independent media company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Starting a leadership journey with you in an amazing book called One Mission by Chris Fussell here is description from Amazon.  Too often, companies end up with teams stuck in their own silos, pursuing goals and metrics in isolation. Their traditional autocratic structures create stability, scalability, and predictability -- but in a world that demands rapid adaptation to a new reality, this traditional model simply doesn't work.   In Team of Teams, retired four-star General Stanley McChrystal and former Navy SEAL Chris Fussell made the case for a new organizational model combining the agility, adaptability, and cohesion of a small team with the power and resources of a giant organization. Now, in One Mission, Fussell channels all his experiences, both military and corporate, into powerful strategies for unifying isolated and distrustful teams.   This practical guide will help leaders in any field implement the Team of Teams approach to tear down their silos improve collaboration, and avoid turf wars. By committing to one higher mission, organizations develop an overall capability that far exceeds the sum of their parts.   From Silicon Valley software giant Intuit to a government agency on the plains of Oklahoma, organizations have used Fussell's methods to unite their people around a single compelling vision, resulting in superior performance. One Mission will help you follow their example to a more agile and resilient future. This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weakness, strategies, systems and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business.    Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list where I drop business & marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

CrossLead TeaserHow do elite teams achieve and sustain optimal performance?The CrossLead Podcast is here to help teams and individuals achieve and sustain optimal performance — with lessons from Special Operations, Business, Professional Sports and Academia. Our goal with this podcast is to engage with our community of partners and thought leaders to discuss the themes we come across most frequently to the public domain that our broader community can benefit from. In our conversations we will explore the fundamentals of elite teams — Common Purpose, Shared Consciousness, Trust, and Empowered Execution.  We want to hear from you. Send your thoughts and feedback to contact@crosslead.comLooking for some help with your own business transformation? Visit www.crosslead.com ResourcesWant to discuss some of these topics directly with Dave? Join the CrossLead LinkedIn Group.Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by General Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, David Silverman and Chris Fussell /*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 05-02-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Episode Transcript Here’s a question how do you define high performance in today’s rapidly changing environment? Now more than ever. Uncertainty rules a day and constant adaptation is mission critical to success. But change is hard, and there’s temptation for all of us to blame failure on factors outside our control.I don’t have the information I need to do my job. We weren’t treated fairly. I have too many priorities and not enough time. We’re understaffed. It was an impossible task to begin with. But feeling comfortable or dodging criticism should not be our measure of success.There’s likely a place in paradise for people who tried hard, but what really matters is succeeding. If that requires you to change, that’s your mission. My name is David Silverman. I’m a former Navy SEAL coauthor of Team of Teams and founder of CrossLead.At CrossLead we partner with teams and individuals to help them achieve and sustain optimum performance from small start ups to high growth unicorns, from elite hedge funds to global five thousand companies crossly offers a leading framework for scaling agile practices across the enterprise.From my experience, there’s no quick fix or silver bullet to achieving sustaining performance. The fundamentals are easy to understand the hard to do continuously, like staying in shape. It requires a level of commitment and discipline that most unwilling to make.People need to have purpose in what they’re doing. It’s not just a job. It’s not just working on technology. It’s just writing code or creating a design. You’re doing it for an end goal. Having an inspirational end goal is a important so that everyone’s excited about what they’re doing and B. having a common mission.And a common understanding allows you to make better decisions down in the trenches and within the teams.To the extent I have a superpower, it’s that I’m extremely disciplined. I eat the same thing every day. I’m very structured in what I do to be super successful in anything. You have to trick yourself that that’s possible.What I remember from rowing and I think was very much from a leadership perspective in business, it’s just almost saying like, guys, yeah, we’re going to do this. You know, we’re going to train, we’re going to think about strategy, we’re going to be about strategy as it related to tactics, just having underlying level like belief that you can do that. And enthusiasm and optimism for that is very helpful.There’s perhaps a common denominator under a lot of very, very successful organizations, and that is that they have a culture of excellence, their organizations comprised of people who have very high standards, high expectations of themselves. And that translates into a group of people who can perform in a relatively selfless way and produce extraordinary results over a long period of time.An organization must be constantly led or, if necessary, pushed uphill to what it must be stopped pushing, and it doesn’t continue or even rest in place and it rolls backwards. This podcast is for people that are on the same journey of constant, never ending improvement.In each episode, I meet with leaders from special operations, business and academia who share their personal experiences on leading in both good times and bad. We’re going to explore the entire set of capabilities that makes teams elite, building trust and aligning a team to a common purpose. How to build shared consciousness to rapidly increase the rate of learning. And finally, how to empower your talent to solve problems and maximize opportunities at speed. The CrossLead podcast is coming soon. So subscribe on Apple, Spotify or your favorite podcast app.

Stan McChrystal has spent a lifetime attempting to mitigate risk: importantly, in the military, and critically now in the corporate sector. He concluded that we don't handle risk very well – at both the individual and organizational level. This reality had been percolating at the back of his mind for quite some time. The events of the last few years brought these issues to the front burner, and are the topic of his latest book, Risk: A User's Guide. This mini-series on No Turning Back will analyze risk in several parts. Stan and Chris will kick off the series today by exploring how the special operations community thinks of, and responds to, risk.

Stan McChrystal has spent a lifetime attempting to mitigate risk: importantly, in the military, and critically now in the corporate sector. He concluded that we don't handle risk very well – at both the individual and organizational level. This reality had been percolating at the back of his mind for quite some time. The events of the last few years brought these issues to the front burner, and are the topic of his latest book, Risk: A User's Guide. This mini-series on No Turning Back will analyze risk in several parts. Stan and Chris will kick off the series today by exploring how the special operations community thinks of, and responds to, risk.

Chris Fussell serves as the President of McChrystal Group and is an author of the 2015 New York Times bestseller, “Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World,” as well as the 2017 Wall Street Journal bestseller, “One Mission: How Leaders Build a Team of Teams.” During this episode, we discuss parallels of corporate experience to a military career, the importance of facilitating change, and challenging the ego. Chris' conversation on speed helps the listener think about the importance of empowering a team, communication, and structure of an organization. This conversation concludes with a discussion on diversity both in its importance and value.  

Chris Fussell spent 15 years on U.S. Navy SEAL Teams and is a Partner at the McChrystal Group Leadership Institute. He is the author of One Mission: How Leaders Build a Team of Teams, and a co-author of the New York Times bestseller Team of Teams. Chris also served as Aide-de-Camp to Lieutenant General Stanley McChrystal during McChrystal's final year commanding a Joint Special Operations Task Force fighting Al Qaeda around the globe. Since leaving active duty in 2012, Fussell has also served as a Senior Fellow for National Security at New America, sits on the Board of Directors for the Navy SEAL Foundation, is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and teaches at Yale University's Jackson Institute. If you want to know what it takes to lead and build teams then this is the episode for you! Episode Show Notes Listen on YouTube Subscribe to my Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere NuSkool Snacks Collagen Protein Bars https://nuskoolsnacks.com/ Eight Sleep- Unlock $150 off your new Pod Pro Mattress https://www.eightsleep.com/sean  

In the second part of this two-part episode of The Idealcast, Gene Kim continues his conversation with Dr. Ron Westrum, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Eastern Michigan University and creator of the Westrum organization typology model.    In part two of their conversation, Kim and Westrum talk about generative cultures and why Westrum thinks they are more important now than it they were a hundred years ago. Westrum also shares his observations on the increasing number of functional specialities in organizations. He discusses the challenges that arise from having matrixed organizations and the tools to overcome these challenges.    Finally, Westrum previews the new book he’s working on about information flow within organizations.   ABOUT THE GUEST Ron Westrum is Emeritus Professor of sociology at Eastern Michigan University. He holds a B.A. (honors) from Harvard University and a Ph.D in Sociology from the University of Chicago.   Dr. Westrum is a specialist in the sociology of science and technology, and on complex organizations. He has written three books, Complex Organizations: Growth, Development and Change; Technologies and Society: The Shaping of People and Things, and Sidewinder: Creative Missile Design at China Lake. He has also written about fifty articles and book chapters. His work on organizational culture has been valuable for the aviation industry and to medical safety, as well as to other areas of endeavor. He has been a consultant to NASA, the National Research Council, and the Resilience Core Group. He is currently at work on a book on information flow cultures.   YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT Why Westrum thinks creating generative cultures is more important now than it was 100 years ago His observations on the increasing number of functional specialities and how long it’s been going on The challenges that arise from having matrix organizations and the tools to overcome these challenges The book he’s working on about information flow within organizations, what areas he’s pursuing and what has surprised him as he delves into specific examples   RESOURCES The Sociology and Typologies of Organizations, and Technical Maestros with Dr. Ron Westrum Sidewinder: Creative Missile Design at China Lake by Ron Westrum Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster The Citigroup Center (formerly Citicorp Center) Latent human error Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II by Arthur Herman Admiral Thomas Moore Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson Lying to Ourselves: Dishonesty in the Army Profession by Dr. Leonard Wong and Dr. Stephen J. Gerras The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today by Thomas E. Ricks The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity by Alan Cooper Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by General Stanley A. McChrystal with Chris Fussell, David Silverman, Tantum Collins Hubble Space Telescope NOVA - Aircraft Carrier 21st Century Jet - Building the Boeing 777 Boeing to Buy McDonnell Douglas Extended-range Twin-engine Operations Performance Standards (ETOPS) Alan Mulally Technology in Retrospect and Critical Events in Science (TRACES) General George C. Marshall The Marshall Plan on NPR’s Planet Money 2015 State Of DevOps Report Westrum organizational culture The study of information flow: A personal journey by Ron Westrum Stand and Deliver Mayo Clinic How a Friendly Fire Tragedy in Sicily Transformed Airborne Warfare The New Heat On Ford Email Ron Westrum   TIMESTAMPS   [00:00] Intro [02:39] Why generative cultures are more important now [14:50] Exposing latent pathogens [19:39] Gene’s thoughts and a few corrections [28:59] The increase in silos [34:53] How Westrum would organize the organization [40:42] Why matrix organizations are fundamentally unstable and how to cope [44:57] LaunchDarkly and DevOps Enterprise Summit Virtual [46:47] Matrix organizations and how to help increase likelihood of success [57:26] Building the Boeing 777 [1:06:24] Where generative characteristics came from [1:11:10] Bridging the world of R&D to the world of operations [1:14:58] Team of Teams example [1:20:09] General George C. Marshall [1:24:35] Other mechanisms Westrum has seen in high performing teams [1:32:30] Westrum’s new book [1:38:53] What DevOps has helped Westrum [1:39:47] Contacting Admiral Richardson [1:41:36] Outro

Protests in the streets, against the backdrop of a deadly pandemic with political upheaval the world over. What kind of leadership should we look to under such complex and highly uncertain conditions? I'm grateful to be speaking with Chris Fussell of the McChrystal group, who together with Stan McChrystal, transformed the culture in the Joint Special Operations Command to distributed, not hierarchical, leadership with a network form of governance. What Chris learned in highly deadly military situations are essential insights for all of us today. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thoughtsparksritamcgrath/message

Protests in the streets, against the backdrop of a deadly pandemic with political upheaval the world over. What kind of leadership should we look to under such complex and highly uncertain conditions? I'm grateful to be speaking with Chris Fussell of the McChrystal group, who together with Stan McChrystal, transformed the culture in the Joint Special Operations Command to distributed, not hierarchical, leadership with a network form of governance. What Chris learned in highly deadly military situations are essential insights for all of us today. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thoughtsparksritamcgrath/message

In the second part of this two-part episode of The Idealcast Gene Kim and Admiral John Richardson, former Chief of Naval Operations, continue their discussion on the importance of leadership in large, complex organizations, especially enabling leadership training early in one’s career, and exploring why he views it as so important. Admiral Richardson also shares why radical delegation is needed more than ever, and provides tools and techniques for enabling it. Kim and Admiral Richardson discuss the important characteristics needed to integrate problems solving into an organization. And finally, they talk about the nature of the US Naval Reactors that are responsible for the safe and reliable operations of the US Naval Propulsion Program, why that warrants the command of a 4-star admiral, and what should ideally happen when accidents occur in complex systems. Also joining the conversation is Dr. Steve Spear, who has written extensively about the US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program program in his book The High-Velocity Edge. ABOUT THE GUESTS Admiral John Richardson served as the Chief of Naval Operations for four years, which is the professional head of the US Navy. While in the Navy, Richardson served in the submarine force and commanded the attack submarine USS Honolulu in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for which he was awarded the Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Inspirational Leadership Award. He also served as the Director of Naval Reactors, responsible for the design, safety, certification, operating standards, material control, maintenance, disposal, and regulatory oversight of over 100 nuclear power plants operating on nuclear-powered warships deployed around the world. Since his retirement in August 2019, he has joined the boards of several major corporations and other organizations, including Boeing, the world's largest aerospace company, and Exelon, a Fortune 100 company that operates the largest fleet of nuclear plants in America and delivers power to over 10 million customers.  Dr. Steve Spear (DBA MS MS) is principal for HVE LLC, the award-winning author of The High-Velocity Edge, and patent holder for the See to Solve Real Time Alert System. A Senior Lecturer at MIT’s Sloan School and a Senior Fellow at the Institute, Dr. Spear’s work focuses on accelerating learning dynamics within organizations so that they know better and faster what to do and how to do it. This has been informed and tested in practice in multiple industries including heavy industry, high tech design, biopharm R&D, healthcare delivery and other social services, US Army rapid equipping, and US Navy readiness.   Visit Steve Spear's Website   YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT Admiral Richardson’s views on the importance of training leadership in the earliest stages of a sailor’s career Why leadership is so important Various tools and techniques for enabling radical delegation Important characteristics of the different ways that integrated problem solving incurs in organizations The nature of the function organization that is the U.S. Naval reactors, comprehensively responsible for safe and reliably operations of the US Naval Propulsion Program and why it warrants being commanded by a four-star admiral What should leaders in complex organizations do when accidents occur   RESOURCES Leadership Development and Balancing Creativity and Control with Admiral John Richardson (Part I) The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward Tufte Navy Leader Development Framework A Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority v. 1 A Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority v. 2 Amazon Staff Meetings: “No Powerpoint” Amazon’s Jeff Bezos: The Ultimate Disrupter by Adam Lashinsky How are the six-page narratives structured in Jeff Bezos' S-Team meetings? Flipped meetings: Learning from Amazon’s meeting policy by Stowe Boyd The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward Tufte Beautiful Evidence by Edward Tufte The High-Velocity Edge: How Market Leaders Leverage Operational Excellence to Beat the Competition by Steven J. Spear Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by General Stanley A. McChrystal, Chris Fussell, David Silverman and Tantum Collins The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data by Gene Kim Michael Nygard’s episodes on The Idealcast Part 1, summit presentations, and Part 2 Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Thinking, Fast and Slow’s Wikipedia page The Idealcast episodes featuring David Silverman and Jessica Reif Part 1 and Part 2   TIMESTAMPS [00:00] Intro [01:24] Toughing up the training [09:37] Feedback from the fleet [11:00] Discussions with the instructors [14:03] A Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority [18:07] Designing for the next place [28:18] Reducing the cost of change [35:22] Configurations for failure or success [39:55] Tools for integration [47:39] How structure affects the dynamics of how organizations work [51:59] Gene reflects on integrated problem solving [57:28] Two domains of activities to use the slow communication paths [1:00:42] If these mental models resonate with Admiral Richardson [1:02:31] What point does the center get involved [1:07:47] Why the delegation for the nuclear reactor core is important [1:14:00] What happens when complex systems go wrong [1:20:37] Contacting Admiral Richardson

In the first episode of Season 2 of The Idealcast, Gene Kim speaks with Admiral John Richardson, who served as Chief of Naval Operations for four years, the top officer in the Navy. Before that, Admiral Richardson served as director of the US Naval Reactors, which is comprehensively responsible for the safe and reliable operation of the US Navy’s Nuclear Propulsion program.   In part one of this two-part conversation, Kim and Admiral Richardson explore how the Department of Defense and the armed services can lead the way to respond effectively to the digital disruption agenda. Admiral Richardson discusses how he operationalized creating a high velocity learning dynamic across the entire US Navy. He also presents his theories on how we need to balance compliance and creativity. And finally, he presents some amazing examples of how to strip away the barnacles from processes, those layers of controls and supervision that may have crept in over the decades.   Also joining the conversation is Dr. Steve Spear, who has written extensively about the US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program program in his book The High-Velocity Edge.   ABOUT THE GUESTS   Admiral John Richardson served as the Chief of Naval Operations for four years, which is the professional head of the US Navy. While in the Navy, Richardson served in the submarine force and commanded the attack submarine USS Honolulu in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for which he was awarded the Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Inspirational Leadership Award. He also served as the Director of Naval Reactors, responsible for the design, safety, certification, operating standards, material control, maintenance, disposal, and regulatory oversight of over 100 nuclear power plants operating on nuclear-powered warships deployed around the world.   Since his retirement in August 2019, he has joined the boards of several major corporations and other organizations, including Boeing, the world's largest aerospace company, and Exelon, a Fortune 100 company that operates the largest fleet of nuclear plants in America and delivers power to over 10 million customers.    Dr. Steve Spear (DBA MS MS) is principal for HVE LLC, the award-winning author of The High-Velocity Edge, and patent holder for the See to Solve Real Time Alert System. A Senior Lecturer at MIT’s Sloan School and a Senior Fellow at the Institute, Dr. Spear’s work focuses on accelerating learning dynamics within organizations so that they know better and faster what to do and how to do it. This has been informed and tested in practice in multiple industries including heavy industry, high tech design, biopharm R&D, healthcare delivery and other social services, US Army rapid equipping, and US Navy readiness.   Visit Steve Spear's Website   YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT Why high-velocity learning was so important to Admiral Richardson when he was the Chief of Naval Operations. How Admiral Richardson operationalized creating a high velocity learning dynamic across the entire US Navy. His views on the need to balance compliance and creativity. Specific advice on what leaders must do when the balance tilts too much toward compliance and has taken away people’s ability to unleash their full creative potential. Examples of how to strip away the barnacles from processes. Why radical delegations are so important. How Admiral Richardson came to believe that creating leadership communities and connections are essential. Where software competencies must show up in modern organizations.   RESOURCES Dr. Steve Spear’s episodes on The Idealcast Part 1, summit presentations, and Part 2. The High-Velocity Edge: How Market Leaders Leverage Operational Excellence to Beat the Competition by Steven J. Spear. The Boeing Company Exelon BWX Technologies, Inc. Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication 7 Tao Te Ching - Chapter 17 Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication 1 A Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority v. 1 A Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority v. 2 The Air Force's Digital Journey in 12 Parsecs or Less at DevOps Enterprise Summit Las Vegas 2020 Failure Is Not an Option by Gene Kranz Admiral Hyman G. Rickover and Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande Fingerspitzengefühl The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data by Gene Kim 2021 DevOps Enterprise Summit Virtual - Europe The Shift: Creating a Culture of High Performance by Dr. Andre Martin The Key to High Performance: What the Data Says by Dr. Nicole Forsgren Dr. Andre Martin’s DevOps Enterprise Summit presentation: “The Shift: Creating a Culture of High Performance” by Dr. Andre Martin, VP People Development, Google Adrian Cockcroft on the Future of the Cloud Patton George S. Patton slapping incidents The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today by Thomas E. Ricks Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by General Stanley A. McChrystal, Chris Fussell, David Silverman and Tantum Collins Navy Leader Development Framework Tombstone   TIMESTAMPS   [00:00] Intro [01:54] Meet Admiral John Richardson [04:00] Responding effectively to the digital disruption agenda [07:05] Admiral Richardson in his own words and his Act 2 [08:27] Meet Steve Spear [09:29] How Steve’s work caught Admiral Richardson’s attention [11:46] Admiral Richardson’s efforts to create a learning dynamic [19:18] A Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority [27:01] What he does with leader who’s afraid of the concept [28:48] Contrasts between learning culture and compliance culture [37:37] Fingerspitzengefühl [41:03] Steve’s thoughts on compliance vs creativity [43:47] Leadership development and compliance control [48:38] Addressing near misses [56:29] DevOps Enterprise Summit 2021 in Europe [57:52] Scar tissue processes [1:01:22] Finding a balance with leaders [1:09:43] The story behind general Eisenhower and General Patton [1:14:02] The three layers of creativity [1:27:23] How technology changed a sense of community [1:33:30] Admiral Richardson’s working relationships in the Navy [1:42:19] Where the software capabilities need to show up [1:48:02] Navy Leader Development Framework Version 3.0 [1:51:22] Outro

Sam Kennedy, President and CEO of the Boston Red Sox, says he works in the “toy of department of life,” providing joy, distraction, and excitement for fans nationwide. Stan McChrystal and Chris Fussell sat with Sam at the beginning of the Red Sox’s Spring Training and discussed Sam’s three priorities for the Red Sox: winning games, preserving Fenway Park, and being active in the community. Sam shares what it’s like to lead in a fishbowl with some of the nation’s most enthusiastic fans and why the frontline employees at Fenway Park are the center of gravity for the team. As the Red Sox embark on the crucial months of their training, Kennedy shares how the team will make a comeback after COVID-19. We release our McChrystal Group Leader’s Journal every other Wednesday with new No Turning Back episodes and thought leadership pieces. Join us for valuable insights on leadership here: https://www.mcchrystalgroup.com/newsletter/ 

Sam Kennedy, President and CEO of the Boston Red Sox, says he works in the “toy of department of life,” providing joy, distraction, and excitement for fans nationwide. Stan McChrystal and Chris Fussell sat with Sam at the beginning of the Red Sox’s Spring Training and discussed Sam’s three priorities for the Red Sox: winning games, preserving Fenway Park, and being active in the community. Sam shares what it’s like to lead in a fishbowl with some of the nation’s most enthusiastic fans and why the frontline employees at Fenway Park are the center of gravity for the team. As the Red Sox embark on the crucial months of their training, Kennedy shares how the team will make a comeback after COVID-19. We release our McChrystal Group Leader’s Journal every other Wednesday with new No Turning Back episodes and thought leadership pieces. Join us for valuable insights on leadership here: https://www.mcchrystalgroup.com/newsletter/ 

Welcome back to the Main Thing Podcast! You're in for a real treat with today's special guest. Chris Fussell is a former Navy SEAL Officer and President of McChrystal Group, a premier leadership and management consulting firm founded by General Stan McChrystal.  He was commissioned as a Naval Officer in 1997, and spent the next 15 years on US Navy SEAL Teams. Since leaving the military in 2012, Chris has focused on bringing his Special Operations experience and expertise in cross-functional collaboration, knowledge sharing, and decision making with large corporations facing similar challenges.  Chris serves as a Senior Fellow for National Security at New America, a board member of the Naval Postgraduate School Foundation, a Fellow and teacher at Yale's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, and is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations.  Chris lives in Fayette County, West Virginia, with his wife and two children. Get ready! Over the next 9 minutes, you will discover why Chris Fussell is one of the wisest people I know. Resources Connect with Chris Fussell on LinkedIn McChrystal Group website Check out Chris' podcast “No Turning Back” - on Apple Podcasts or on Spotify Podcasts Credits Editor and Technical Advisor Bob Hotchkiss Graphic Designer Emma Malinoski Brand & Strategy Advisor Andy Malinoski Connect with Us on Social Facebook @TheMainThingPod LinkedIn - The Main Thing Podcast Twitter @TheMainThingPod Want to Help Support the Growth of this Podcast? Become a subscriber. Share the podcast with one or two friends. Buy some Main Thing Merch from our Merchandise Store. Become a patron of the show and consider supporting us on Patreon with a nominal, goodwill monetary donation. Buy a book from our Book Shop - see below. Our Book Shop Enjoy books authored or recommended by guests of The Main Thing Podcast - here. Content [01:50] Guest bio for Chris Fussell [02:30] Good afternoon, Chris! You're coming to us from Fayetteville, West Virginia, right? [02:50] What went into Chris' decision to relocate to West Virginia? #NRG [03:20] Help our audience understand how we're connected. Andy Malinoski from Ep. 1 and Ep. 36 when we #switchedmicrophones [03:45] Speaking of being behind the microphone, Chris you have a podcast too? Tell our listeners a bit about “No Turning Back.” #podcast [04:40] Chris Fussell, what's the main thing you've learned in your lifetime so far? #mainthingpodcast [07:12] An example of when Chris applied that wisdom. [07:30] Applying his wisdom principle in the counter-terrorism space. #SEALteam #NavySEAL [08:25] What was SEAL training school experience like? How close is the Hollywood version we've all seen on TV and movie screens to the actual experience? #hollywood #teamwork [10:20] Wrap-up. Thank-you and good bye. #hackingwisdom - END -

This week, Stan McChrystal and Chris Fussell sat down with Tyson Voelkel, the President of the Texas A&M Foundation. The Texas A&M Foundation aims to build a brighter future for Texas A&M University as its primary academic fundraising institution. Most recently, the Foundation raised over $4.25 billion in Texas’s largest higher education campaign - a scale of at least $1.2 million every day, for 365 days straight. Tyson is a thoughtful, adaptable leader who brings his 12 years of leadership as an infantry officer in the US Army to the Texas A&M Foundation. Stan and Chris talk to Tyson about establishing trusted relationships between the fund, the university, and the donors - and learn how listening is crucial to the Foundation's success.

This week, Stan McChrystal and Chris Fussell sat down with Tyson Voelkel, the President of the Texas A&M Foundation. The Texas A&M Foundation aims to build a brighter future for Texas A&M University as its primary academic fundraising institution. Most recently, the Foundation raised over $4.25 billion in Texas’s largest higher education campaign - a scale of at least $1.2 million every day, for 365 days straight. Tyson is a thoughtful, adaptable leader who brings his 12 years of leadership as an infantry officer in the US Army to the Texas A&M Foundation. Stan and Chris talk to Tyson about establishing trusted relationships between the fund, the university, and the donors - and learn how listening is crucial to the Foundation's success.

Stan McChrystal once told Keith Krach that he was one of the few leaders he’s known in business that we could put a uniform on tomorrow and be effective as a general officer in the United States Army. This week, Stan and Chris Fussell sit down with Keith Krach, the former Chairman, CEO, & President of DocuSign, the former Chairman and CEO of Ariba, and most recently, the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment. They discuss Keith’s leadership across the public and private sectors, how to build trust in new teams, and why we should wear failure like a badge of honor.

Stan McChrystal once told Keith Krach that he was one of the few leaders he’s known in business that we could put a uniform on tomorrow and be effective as a general officer in the United States Army. This week, Stan and Chris Fussell sit down with Keith Krach, the former Chairman, CEO, & President of DocuSign, the former Chairman and CEO of Ariba, and most recently, the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment. They discuss Keith’s leadership across the public and private sectors, how to build trust in new teams, and why we should wear failure like a badge of honor.

Stan McChrystal and Chris Fussell first sat down with "Mayor Pete" Buttigieg in April of last year to record their first episode of No Turning Back. Stan and Chris release the episode's audio for the first time, revisiting now-Secretary Buttigieg's thoughts on the power of local leadership to navigate the COVID-19 crisis, the necessity of trust, and the need to innovate as we tackle global challenges. As Secretary Buttigieg starts his new role in the Cabinet, Stan and Chris reflect on the challenges and benefits of developing trust in teams - in an important time in our nation's history.

Stan McChrystal and Chris Fussell first sat down with "Mayor Pete" Buttigieg in April of last year to record their first episode of No Turning Back. Stan and Chris release the episode's audio for the first time, revisiting now-Secretary Buttigieg's thoughts on the power of local leadership to navigate the COVID-19 crisis, the necessity of trust, and the need to innovate as we tackle global challenges. As Secretary Buttigieg starts his new role in the Cabinet, Stan and Chris reflect on the challenges and benefits of developing trust in teams - in an important time in our nation's history.

What is the Space Force? How do you build a new armed service and lead a new frontier? This week, Stan McChrystal and Chris Fussell sit down with Lt Gen Saltzman, the Chief Operations Officer (COO) of the United States Space Force, to hear the answers to these questions. As the first US Air Force general officer who was transferred and promoted in the Space Force, Lt Gen Saltzman discusses the newest armed service in the Department of Defense and shares what’s at stake for protecting our space capabilities. He relays important lessons about when to take revolutionary, and not evolutionary, steps to create a new team – sharing important wisdom on how to build team culture from the ground-up.

What is the Space Force? How do you build a new armed service and lead a new frontier? This week, Stan McChrystal and Chris Fussell sit down with Lt Gen Saltzman, the Chief Operations Officer (COO) of the United States Space Force, to hear the answers to these questions. As the first US Air Force general officer who was transferred and promoted in the Space Force, Lt Gen Saltzman discusses the newest armed service in the Department of Defense and shares what’s at stake for protecting our space capabilities. He relays important lessons about when to take revolutionary, and not evolutionary, steps to create a new team – sharing important wisdom on how to build team culture from the ground-up.

Walgreens has a new incoming CEO: Rosalind (Roz) Brewer. Stan McChrystal and Chris Fussell revisit their fascinating conversation with Roz, reflecting on how her value-based approach to leadership, connection to frontline workers, and long-term focus on initiatives rather than immediate wins will position her well to take on the CEO role during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Walgreens has a new incoming CEO: Rosalind (Roz) Brewer. Stan McChrystal and Chris Fussell revisit their fascinating conversation with Roz, reflecting on how her value-based approach to leadership, connection to frontline workers, and long-term focus on initiatives rather than immediate wins will position her well to take on the CEO role during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tim Brown and Iain Roberts are experts within the design thinking field, and are the Executive Chair at IDEO and its Chief Operating Officer, respectively. This week, Stan McChrystal and Chris Fussell sit down with Tim and Iain to learn more about how design shapes the world to fit consumers' needs, how prototyping mitigates risk, and why organizations learn faster by building faster.

Tim Brown and Iain Roberts are experts within the design thinking field, and are the Executive Chair at IDEO and its Chief Operating Officer, respectively. This week, Stan McChrystal and Chris Fussell sit down with Tim and Iain to learn more about how design shapes the world to fit consumers' needs, how prototyping mitigates risk, and why organizations learn faster by building faster.

Stan McChrystal and Chris Fussell interview Mike Hayes, a 20-year veteran of the Navy SEALs, the former Director of Defense Policy and Strategy at the National Security Council, and most recently, the Chief Digital Transformation Officer at VMWare. Hayes is a dynamic and experienced leader who shares his changing perspective on risk as he shifts through industries, how he approaches the first 90 days in any new role, and what businesses can learn from the SEALs’ training technique to lift a giant log over your head.

Stan McChrystal and Chris Fussell interview Mike Hayes, a 20-year veteran of the Navy SEALs, the former Director of Defense Policy and Strategy at the National Security Council, and most recently, the Chief Digital Transformation Officer at VMWare. Hayes is a dynamic and experienced leader who shares his changing perspective on risk as he shifts through industries, how he approaches the first 90 days in any new role, and what businesses can learn from the SEALs’ training technique to lift a giant log over your head.

In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with General Stanley McChrystal and Chris Fussell about the radicalization of the far Right under Trump. They discuss the events of January 6, 2021, the behavior of the Capitol police, the history of white supremacy in the US, the effect of banning extremists from social media, the logic of insurgency, the consequence of public lies, what should happen to Trump and his enablers, and other topics. Stanley McChrystal retired from the US Army as a four-star general after more than 34 years of service. In his last assignment, he was the commander of all American and coalition forces in Afghanistan. He has written several books including a memoir titled My Share of the Task, which was a New York Times bestseller. Stanley is a senior fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, and he is the founder of the McChrystal Group leadership institute. Chris Fussell is a Partner at the McChrystal Group and the co-author (with Stanley McChrystal) of Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World, which was also a New York Times bestseller. Chris was a commissioned naval officer and he spent 15 years in the Navy SEALs in various points around the globe. He served as the aide-de-camp to General McChrystal during his final year commanding the joint special operations task force fighting Al Qaeda. Chris is on the board of directors of the Navy SEAL Foundation and is a lifetime member of The Council on Foreign Relations. Chris also teaches at the Jackson Institute at Yale University. Together, Stanley and Chris host No Turning Back—a podcast that explores the future of leadership and teams with the world’s most consequential leaders. Website: www.McChrystalGroup.com Twitter: @McChrystalGroup, @StanMcChrystal, @FussellChris

In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with General Stanley McChrystal and Chris Fussell about the radicalization of the far Right under Trump. They discuss the events of January 6, 2021, the behavior of the Capitol police, the history of white supremacy in the US, the effect of banning extremists from social media, the logic of insurgency, the consequence of public lies, what should happen to Trump and his enablers, and other topics. SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all content on samharris.org/subscribe

Stan and Chris kick off the new year with an episode answering questions from No Turning Back listeners. This podcast started in April of 2020 during the heavy uncertainty of crisis, leaving leaders in uniquely tough situations trying to support the health of their team and business. It’s thanks to our listeners that we’ve been able to continue this podcast many guests and months later. Enjoy Stan and Chris as they answer questions on national service, leading through change, and their surprising career leadership lessons.

Stan and Chris kick off the new year with an episode answering questions from No Turning Back listeners. This podcast started in April of 2020 during the heavy uncertainty of crisis, leaving leaders in uniquely tough situations trying to support the health of their team and business. It’s thanks to our listeners that we’ve been able to continue this podcast many guests and months later. Enjoy Stan and Chris as they answer questions on national service, leading through change, and their surprising career leadership lessons.

Today's guest is Chris Fussell, President of McChrystal Group, a consultancy that helps organizations tap into the potential of their people to better compete in a complex and interconnected business environment. Chris is the author of the 2015 New York Times bestseller, Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World as well as 2017 Wall Street Journal bestseller, One Mission: How Leaders Build a Team of Teams. He joined McChrystal Group as a Partner in 2012. Prior to that, Chris served 15 years in the Navy on US Navy SEAL Teams leading SEAL elements in combat zones around the globe. Chris lives with his family in the DC area - Welcome to the show Chris!

Our first ever Dispatches checks-in with Chris Fussell--former U.S. Navy SEAL, best-selling author and the president of McChrystal Group. Chris is the co-author of Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World. He joined us for a longer conversation in Episode 50 of Angry Americans--one of our most compelling episodes yet. One month after that conversation, our war against the virus is now fully expanded across America. And Chris is back to give us his update on how the battlefield is evolving, grade the leadership of President Trump and Governor Cuomo, share how you can better prepare your family in the face of the latest threats, and weigh-in on the controversial firing of Captain Bret Crozier--the Navy Commander who spoke up to defend his crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier.  The Dispatches is powered by Righteous Media. See video of this conversation with Chris Fussell and a range of music, political, business and media players from Chuck D to Jeffrey Wright to Medal of Honor Recipient Flo Groberg to Sarah Jessica Parker to Stephen Colbert to Meghan McCain to Mayor Pete Buttigieg on the Righteous Media YouTube page. It's political, social and industry diversity like no other show in America.  Righteous Media is your trusted, independent source for news, politics, culture and inspiration. It's a smart, fun and no-BS perspective like nowhere else in the media.  Join us for exclusive Righteous Media events and activities by becoming a member of the Angry Americans Patreon community. You'll get unique access to our amazing guests, our dynamic host, merch discounts, and exclusive content. Angry Americans and The Dispatches are possible thanks to our Patreon supporters. Find us on social and go deeper:  Twitter: https://twitter.com/AngryAmericans Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/angryamericansus Instagram: http://instagram.com/angryamericansUSA And YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RighteousMedia Watch the full interview https://youtu.be/QHzm4dklwLA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with General Stanley McChrystal and Chris Fussell about the Covid-19 pandemic. They discuss the nature of the ongoing crisis, the threat of a breakdown in social order, the problem of misinformation, the prospects of a nationwide lockdown, the trade off between personal freedom and safety, the threat of tyranny, the concerns about the global supply chain, concerns about the price of oil, safeguarding the 2020 Presidential election, and other topics. Stanley McChrystal retired from the US Army as a four-star general after more than 34 years of service. In his last assignment, he was the commander of all American and coalition forces in Afghanistan. He has written several books including a memoir titled My Share of the Task, which was a New York Times bestseller. Stanley is a senior fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, and he is the founder of the McChrystal Group leadership institute. Twitter: @StanMcChrystal Chris Fussell is a Partner at the McChrystal Group and the co-author (with Stanley McChrystal) of Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World, which was also a New York Times bestseller. Chris was a commissioned naval officer and he spent 15 years in the Navy SEALs in various points around the globe. He served as the aide-de-camp to General McChrystal during his final year commanding the joint special operations task force fighting Al Qaeda. Chris is on the board of directors of the Navy SEAL Foundation and is a lifetime member of The Council on Foreign Relations. Chris also teaches at the Jackson Institute at Yale University. Twitter: @FussellChris Website: www.McChrystalGroup.com Twitter: @McChrystalGroup

I'm really pleased to share my live conversation with Chris Fussell, former Navy SEAL and Chief of Staff to General Stan McChrystal. who was himself in charge of Special Operations during the Iraq War. Chris is now the President of the McChrystal Group and spoke onstage at Responsive Conference 2016. Chris is the first person I look to about how we can respond to crisis and we spent this webinar discussing how people around the world can (and should) organize amidst the Coronavirus Pandemic. I hope you find this useful!

  I hope you enjoy this talk from Responsive Conference 2016 with former Navy SEAL and New York Times best-selling author Chris Fussell (@fussellchris) alongside Rachel Mendelowitz (@rachelowitz) of the McChrystal Group as they discuss “Team of Teams” and new ways of organizing companies of the future. Alongside General Stan McChrystal, Chris runs the McChrystal Group - an organizational design consultancy that works with companies all over the world to do in industry what Stan, Chris and the US Military did during the Iraq War. In the book Teams of Teams, Stanley McChrystal and Chris outline how they took the special operations branch of the US Military - a stereotypically bureaucratic organization - and transformed it into a adaptive, agile system. This video was recorded at the 1st Annual Responsive Conference in 2016. Learn more: http://responsiveconference.com

As a Navy SEAL, Chris Fussell learned a great deal about teamwork and how to best help those around him. From boot camp to full fledged missions, he saw how effective teamwork helped everyone succeed and how bad teamwork led to failure. He learned how to form smaller teams within a main team and how to optimize operating rhythm within those teams. Take a listen to his story and see how you can become a more effective team leader and build smaller teams within a team!Chris Fussell is a former Navy SEAL Officer and a Partner at McChrystal Group. He leads the McChrystal Group Leadership Institute, bringing his Special Operations experience and his expertise in cross-functional collaboration and knowledge sharing to help develop leaders and build effective teams within large, dispersed organizations. He's also the best-selling author of Team of Teams. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-unmistakable-creative-podcast.

Chris Fussell, a former U.S. Navy SEAL Officer, spent 15 years leading SEAL teams in combat zones around the globe. He served as Aide-de-Camp to Lieutenant General Stanley McChrystal, becoming an integral part of a team that transformed special operations forces into successful, agile networks. Chris is a Partner at McChrystal Group and leads the McChrystal Group Leadership Institute. Combining his learnings from the military and experience in business, Chris helps leaders develop strategic intent and remove barriers to executing a strategy.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

My guest today is Chris, a young officer in 2004 when the conflict in Iraq started. This was his first full scale conflict. He had the misconception that there was a set plan going in, and that all they had to do was execute that plan. Chris quickly learned he wasn't entering a stable environment. Everyone needed to be proactive and adaptive to the war zone.  The topic is his book One Mission: How Leaders Build a Team of Teams. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Nature vs. Nurture Inner drive Self-awareness Charisma Learning from failure Synchronicity between data and leadership Zealots and martyrs Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Show Notes: www.constructrr.com/ep20 Lean Construction Congress October 2016 - Key Take-aways from Chris Fussell's Presentation from the premier consulting group, the https://www.mcchrystalgroup.com/ (McChrystal Group). Military experiences are shared to the general population on how to manage complex projects with some guiding principals that we discuss here.   Chris Fussell: https://twitter.com/@fussellchris (Twitter) https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-fussell-56947a32/ (Linkedin)   You can out more about the McChrystal Group and https://www.mcchrystalgroup.com/speakers/chris-fussell/ (Chris Fussell) in their book: https://mcchrystalgroup.com/teamofteams/# (Team of Teams: Rules of Engagement For a Complex World) Music by: Epic Music Supervision