Transforming Command Quotes

“A study of mission command, pursued independently from an examination of other general doctrines, can provide a comprehensive understanding of this approach. It may also reveal the process through which new ideas and approaches are developed, introduced, manipulated, and finally implemented. Consequently, the current study will focus on the tension between the introduction and implementation of new ideas through the prism of mission command.”
― Eitan Shamir, Transforming Command: The Pursuit of Mission Command in the U.S., British, and Israeli Armies

“Sir Michael Howard suggested, in “width, depth, and context.”3 Leader development and education should promote an organizational culture in which higher-level commanders are comfortable with relinquishing control and authority to junior commanders while setting conditions for effective decentralized operations consistent with the doctrine of mission command. Junior leaders must possess a bias toward action and accept necessary risks associated with leading and fighting in complex and uncertain environments against determined and adaptive enemies.”
― Eitan Shamir, Transforming Command: The Pursuit of Mission Command in the U.S., British, and Israeli Armies

“Communications and information technologies, therefore, should be employed in a way that permits effective decentralization of operations rather than as a means for centralizing control of resources and decision making.”
― Eitan Shamir, Transforming Command: The Pursuit of Mission Command in the U.S., British, and Israeli Armies