Critical Thinking at Sonic Speeds
An examination of Critical Thinking Essentials
Tip-of-the-Spear – Part XXXVI: Merry Christmas! This week the questions is … “When danger, high risk, and chaos are what you encounter, how do you deal with this and still complete the mission?” Captain Smith discusses this issue and plays a clip about the “5 steps to problem solving.”
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Tip-of-the-Spear – Part XXXV: The Combat Effectiveness Challenge. Captain Smith discusses his recent talk at the Military Operations Research Society (MORS) in Alexandria, Virginia. He explains the “great power conflict” and the combat effectiveness challenge that it presents.
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Tip-of-the-Spear – Part XXXIV: Combat Effectiveness. Captain Smith answers the question: How effective is our front line fighting force? As the Commander of a forward deployed combat unit, Captain Smith discusses how he ensured his unit was combat ready.
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Tip-of-the-Spear – Part XXXIII: Captain Smith discusses what he would tell the incoming Secretary of Defense about the military and our nation’s warriors. He also plays a clip from the Academy of Ideas entitled “Fear Psychosis and the Cult of Safety – Why are People so Afraid?”
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Tip-of-the-Spear – Part XXXII: Edge of Reason 4. Captain Smith discusses how to think during times of upheaval, radical alterations of reality, and conditions approaching chaos and catastrophe.
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Tip-of-the-Spear – Part XXXI: What exactly do we bring to the battle space? Is it just what is obvious, or is it key intangibles as well? Captain Smith discusses and sheds light on this question.
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Tip-of-the-Spear – Part XXX: Edge of Reason 3. Upon entering a realm of reality previously unoccupied, what do you do? Captain Smith explains.
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Tip-of-the-Spear – Part XXIX: Edge of Reason 2 – Think Critically and Reason Effectively. If we are engaged in a high stakes operation, in which complexity and uncertainty reside, we must operate 1) at the high end of the performance spectrum, as well as 2) at the extreme edge of the stability envelope. Captain Smith explains.
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Tip-of-the-Spear – Part XXVIII: Edge of Reason. This week Captain Smith urges his listeners to upgrade their thinking and reasoning skills so as to be able to 1) operate at the high-end of the performance spectrum, and 2) perform with precision at the extreme edge of the operational envelope.
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Tip-of-the-Spear – Part XXVII: Complex Problem Solving. This week’s broadcast is about solving a complex problem when operating at the high end of the conflict spectrum. Captain Smith explains what this statement means in practice in the military or business.
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