Blogging the Future: 21 May 2005
Vgort asks at Blogging the Future
PNM was valuable to me in that it provided a framework for interpretation of current events and some fairly concrete concepts of what our global long-term goals should be. . ..
But the real value of the material for me was the whole thought process and vocabulary of force transformation. I work in local/regional law enforcement in the Chicago suburbs, and like most law enforcement agencies, we're going through a bit of a change from community policing to The War on Terrorism. We’re taking on some roles we haven’t touched in the past, and there a lot more to it than just buying some new stuff and changing some people’s business cards. Dr. Barnett's approach to analyzing and planning for force transformation - How do I get the military I want from what I've got - is very easily applied to a paramilitary structure like law enforcement, and I’ve been lifting material from PNM like crazy for the past few months.
So, is it wrong to use PNM as a management/self-help guide? For what we're doing, Tom Barnett and PNM beats the heck out of Jack Welch's Winning!
Any other interesting nonmilitary applications of the PNM material out there?