WarCouncil’s “Zero to Clausewitz”

Thanks to Zenpundit.

A good cheat sheet for terms of strategy.

The 300 words are at this link: http://static.squarespace.com/static/52908c90e4b023ca755eb442/t/5471a4dce4b031c87aefa2a3/1416733916438/300Word_StrategicEducation_WarCouncil.pdf

This is testable. :-)

WarCouncil’s “Zero to Clausewitz”

http://zenpundit.com/?p=41829

[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen“]

The fine gents at WarCouncil.org have released the Cliff Notes of Strategy in their “WarCouncil.org 300 Word Strategic Education” . It is excellent:

 Zero to Clausewitz in 60 Minutes: Your Complete 300 Word Strategic Education 

Can we educate a strategist in an hour?  Some would argue this task is impossible, that it takes a lifetime, or at least 10,000 hours. 

But what if we had to?  Imagine it were possible – how would you do it?  How would youaccelerate learning to strategic competency?  Note: I define competency as someone that would know, understand, and be able to apply a core set of strategic concepts to analyze and appraise modern war (see also “strategic understanding”).

One scientifically validated path would be the Pareto Principle, which holds, across many systems, that 80% of output comes from 20% of input.  How does this help us rapidly educate strategic practitioners?  We would first identify the critical 20% knowledge base that produces these outsize gains.  We would then leverage this 20% (or “minimum effective dose”) by proving a simple framework for use in any war.

(Continued at Zenpundit's blog at the link below)

http://zenpundit.com/?p=41829