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Leading with a Light Footprint
Leadership VideoCharles-Edouard Bouee, COO at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, applies "light footprint" military doctrine to management. -
Learning in the Thick of It
Meeting management Magazine ArticleAfter-action reviews identify past mistakes but rarely enhance future performance. Companies wanting to fully exploit this tool should look to its master: the U.S. Army’s standing enemy brigade, where soldiers learn and improve even in the midst of battle. -
Retention Through Redemption
Managing people Magazine ArticleOnce, sailors couldn’t leave the USS Benfold fast enough. Today, the vessel is the pride of the Pacific fleet, and sailors from other ships are clamoring to join its crew. How did the captain of the ship, Mike Abrashoff, get the Benfold back on course? By breaking bad habits and jettisoning old attitudes—starting with his own.
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Fighter Jets and Feature Flags: Digital Transformation of Singapore's Air Force Through Agile Product Management
AI and machine learning Case Study11.95View Details Set in March 2025, this case explores how modern product management practices enabled rapid, iterative software development in a traditionally rigid environment.... -
Greg Linton and Tightline Anchor Inc. - Managing Growth
Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In April 2023, Greg Linton, the founder and chief executive officer of Tightline Anchor Inc., a start-up that sells innovative anchors to the personal... -
How a Good Strategy Can Fail: Leadership Lessons from Napoleon's Rise and Fall
Leadership Case Study11.95View Details Napoleon was a blue ocean strategist ahead of his time. With his innovative approach to military warfare, he reshaped conventional war strategies. But... -
Sparking Innovation in the U.S. Air Force
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Pink, White, and Blue: A Transgender Sailor, the U.S. Navy, and a Right vs. Right Ethical Dilemma
Diversity and inclusion Case Study11.95View Details Pink, White and Blue is appropriate for undergraduate or graduate courses in management, business ethics, organizational behavior, leadership, or human... -
Greening Marines? Reducing Energy Use in the U.S. Marine Corps
Change management Case Study11.95View Details The Greening Marines case is appropriate for undergraduate or graduate courses in management, change management, technology implementation, and sustainability... -
Depart, Depart, Depart!
Decision making Case Study11.95View Details Army First Lieutenant (1LT) Gavin Bell joined his unit in Afghanistan only weeks after graduating helicopter flight school in the United States. A new... -
Lessons in Crisis Leadership: From Peacetime to Post-911
Crisis management Case Study11.95View Details The 911 terrorist attacks in the United States in 2001 shook the world and changed the modus operandi of security forces around the world. The Singapore... -
The Grit Factor: Courage, Resilience, and Leadership in the Most Male-Dominated Organization in the World
28.00View Details What does it take for women to succeed in a male-dominated world? The Grit Factor. At age nineteen, Shannon Huffman Polson became the youngest woman ever... -
Operation Bramble Bush (B)
Decision making;Information systems Case Study5.00View Details Case Supplement for Case OM39A -
Operation Bramble Bush (A)
Decision making;Information systems Case Study11.95View Details In the pre-dawn hours of August 2, 1990, Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ordered his army to invade the neighboring, oil-rich state of Kuwait; within two... -
Managing a Security Response to the Ebola Epidemic in Liberia (B)
Government policy and regulation Case Study5.00View Details On August 19, 2014, Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was faced with an agonizing decision: should she quarantine a densely populated township of... -
Managing a Security Response to the Ebola Epidemic in Liberia (A)
Government policy and regulation Case Study11.95View Details On August 19, 2014, Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was faced with an agonizing decision: should she quarantine a densely populated township of... -
Managing a Security Response to the Ebola Epidemic in Liberia (Epilogue)
Government policy and regulation Case Study5.00View Details On August 19, 2014, Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was faced with an agonizing decision: should she quarantine a densely populated township of... -
Note on Warfare in Eastern Philosophy
Strategy Case Study8.95View Details This note on warfare summarizes treatises by Chinese (e.g., Sun Tzu, The Art of War, ca. 500 BC) and Japanese (e.g., Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five... -
The Rise of China
Globalization Case Study11.95View Details There is little doubt that China will be a significant power in the 21st century. The question is what kind of global actor will it be? This two-part... -
A Cascade of Emergencies (A): Responding to Superstorm Sandy in New York City
11.95View Details On October 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy made landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey. Sandy's massive size, coupled with an unusual combination of meteorological... -
Leadership Under High Pressure
Crisis management Case Study11.95View Details When managers are confronted with a corporate crisis, they have to operate under conditions that differ fundamentally from those experienced during normal... -
Into Local Streets: Maryland National Guard and the Baltimore Riots, Epilogue
Diversity and inclusion Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case KS1253. On April 19, 2015, Freddie Gray, a young African American male, died while in the custody of the Baltimore Police. In response... -
Conflict Management in Teams: For Military and Government
Government Case Study8.95View Details Despite the hierarchical power structures in the military and government, as they reach more senior levels, leaders routinely operate in peer-to-peer...
