The General’s Blog
A colleague pointed me to a C4ISR Journal article about General Cartwright’s blog. On a classified network, the general habitually asks questions - and expects non-vetted answers. For the uninitiated, “vetting” is a process by which the people with the answers work with the people with the political savvy to craft an answer for the people with the responsibility to give. Gen Cartwright wants to skip all that vetting and get a quick answer.
From the article: “If you’re not contributing, I don’t want you as part of the organization,†he said. “And if you’re not contributing because you don’t think the information will be perfect, I still don’t need you.”
The more I hear from him, the bigger fan I am.