Junior Commanders and Future War with TX Hammes Grounded Curiosity

Discussion with T.X. Hammes at the National Defense University in Washington D.C. including insights on broad spectrum bets for the future, structural versus interactive complexity, tactical decision games, learning how each other thinks up and down the chain of command, using mission orders, how to deal with mistakes and ending with entertaining kids in Somalia in order to escape a dire situation. As a lead in to this podcast, “you have to know how the other guy thinks”.