Talk on 11/30/2017 at Southern Fried Agile Conference in Charlotte, NC

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Military Agility:
How Maneuver Warfare Leverages
Mission Command for Effectiveness

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Principal Agile Consultant
Jason Schreuder
▷ 8+ years of Agile, coaching, training and leading agile teams in
the military and technology industries
▷ experience leading an Agile PMO and an Agile adoption in a
global technology company developing manufactured devices
▷ alphabet soup of certifications
▷ from Apex, North Carolina Helping people, teams, and
organizations pursue the ability to
engage and affect their environment
so that they can adapt to a complex
and ever changing world.

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The Big Ideas
The Operations Process
Mission Command
High Performing Teams
Strategy & Business Agility

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Some Research
Self Determination
Theory (SDT)
Edward L. Deci & Richard
Ryan (1970s)
Autonomy
Competence
Relatedness
The New, New Product
Development Game
Hirotaka Takeuchi & Ikujiro
Nonaka (HBR, 1986)
Autonomy
Self-Transcendence
Cross-Fertilization
Drive: The Surprising Truth
About What Motivates Us
Dan Pink(2009)
Autonomy
Mastery
Purpose

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The Operations Process
how military staffs work as agile teams

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Plans are nothing. Planning is
everything.
Dwight D. Eisenhower,
General of
the U.S. Army

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No plan survives contact with
the enemy.
Field Marshall
Helmuth Von Moltke,
Chief General of
the Prussian Army

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Commander
Executive Officer
Staff
Roles

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1. Receipt of Mission
2. Mission Analysis
3. Course of Action (COA)
Development
4. COA Analysis
5. COA Comparison
6. COA Approval
7. Order Production,
Dissemination, Transition
Events

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Army AAR
Coast Guard C-GALL
Air Force & Navy
Lessons Learned
Inspect &
Adapt

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Mission Command
the art of decentralized authority

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The exercise of authority and direction by the
commander using mission orders to enable
disciplined initiative within the commander's
intent to empower agile and adaptive leaders
in the conduct of unified land operations.

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Build cohesive teams through mutual trust
Create shared understanding
Provide a clear commander’s intent
Exercise disciplined initiative
Use mission orders
Accept prudent risks
Principles of Mission Command

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3rd Platoon attacks to seize the bridge at
WL12345678 NLT 0500 hours, in order
to pass 1st Platoon onto OBJ Hawk.
Sample Mission Statement

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High Performing Teams
built for effectiveness

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Squads are agile teams (9)
▷ Cross Functional
▷ Capable of executing basic battle drills
Companies are a team of teams (120-150)
▷ Dunbar’s number
▷ Lowest level of command
Team Sizes

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Structure
Purpose
Relationships
Military Teams Have:
[real teams have] a team task, clear
boundaries, clearly specified authority to
manage their own work processes, and
membership stability over some reasonable
period of time
–J. Richard Hackman, Leading Teams:
Setting the Stage for Great Performance

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Strategy & Business Agility
from the battlefield to the boardroom

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Principles of War
Mass
Objective
Surprise
Simplicity
Maneuver
Offensive
Unity of Command
Security
Economy of Force
Some Principles
Principles of Business Agility
Values
Alignment
Leadership
Simplicity
Trust
Responsiveness
Empiricism
Wholeness
Sustainability

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The Big Ideas
The Operations Process
Mission Command
High Performing Teams
Strategy & Business Agility

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Thanks!
Thank You!