June 11, 2009
Posted by Claire
Top Ten Lessons from the U.S. Navy
I am all about life lessons! I have written a few of them here at KDH. I really miss that format, but in order to write a creative and helpful life lesson type of post you have to have an adventure. My adventures out of the ordinary have slowed down lately, but I am sure things will pick up again for us soon.
In the meantime I found this article very interesting. I am posting a small snippet for you below, but the link at the bottom will take you to the full article. I found it at Right Nation today. Enjoy!
Top Ten Lessons from the U.S. Navy: What entrepreneurs and
executives can learn from sailors
by Bill Reichert, Garage Technology Ventures
Very few Americans have the opportunity to experience life on a nuclear aircraft carrier up close and personal. Recently, I had the extraordinary experience of spending a day and a night at sea in the Pacific on board the USS Nimitz. I was part of a Navy outreach program to give ordinary landlubbers like me a perspective on the mission and operations of a naval strike group.
I was excited. Who would turn down a chance to get on top of a nuclear power plant driving 100,000 tons of steel through the ocean, with 5,000 men and women handling scores of aircraft, carrying thousands of pounds of bombs and missiles, burning thousands of gallons of jet fuel a day, with margins measured in inches, and tolerances of seconds? What could possibly go wrong?
As a Prius-driving, granola-eating, anti-gun, Left Coast Californian, I do not fit the stereotype of the typical armed forces booster. I am inclined to favor green technology over weapons of mass destruction. But I discovered during my visit that many of us who are working in non-military organizations, and who may not have given a second thought to the Navy as a model, would do well to understand how a small city floating on the ocean works. From startup entrepreneurs to seasoned executives, we can learn a lot from the U.S. Navy, from the enlisted men and women as well as from the commanding officers.
3 Comments
June 12, 2009
Mrs. Hooah!,
May I have permission to use your “life lessons” writings with my Venturing Crew? I think they would be very good lessons for these young men and women to learn.
Thank you for your consideration.
June 12, 2009
Absolutely! Feel free to use them. If you use them online or in print, the only thing I ask is that you just put a link back to kneedeepinthehooah.com. I am honored you would like to use them. When I wrote them originally I had a lot of great response from trainers on them.
June 12, 2009
Thank you. I most certainly shall credit you.
I hope you do not mind but I posted links to your pages to a Venturing email list (with the request that if they wanted to used your material they obtain permission first). You may get a few more requests in the near future.
Again, thank you.
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