At the time, the question seemed silly. As part of faculty development, the framing question asked, “what have you learned from eight years of experience in the Command and General Staff School?” …
By Dr. Tom Clark: Professional military education (PME) is about problem solving. Since PME lesson content is inert, overall success hinges on class ...
Written by Dr. Tom Clark: In the Army, is scholarly activity really about being a scholar? As a working definition, a Carnegie Foundation report frame ...
Written by Dr. Tom Clark: According to Stephen Bungay (2005), mission command emerged as a topic of compelling interest around 14 Oct 1806. In the aft ...
Written by Dr. Tom Clark: Do all discrepancies between our preferences and reality constitute problems? Over the past eighteen months, there has been an ongoing exchange between design enthusiasts, antagonists, ...
Written by Dr. Tom Clark: So from early discussions on design, what have I learned? In no particular order, learning lab exchanges bring three topics come to mind. (1) “Subjective ...
Written by Dr. Tom Clark: In design, is a narrative just a story? How many narratives are there? How do you know if a narrative is high quality? Does one ...
Written by Dr. Tom Clark: When the FM 5-0 story is complete, leaders communicate through narratives and design is a planner meta-competency. As the story goes, a merchant was making ...
Written by Dr. Tom Clark: CGSC students in class 10-01 have an opportunity to participate in a program designed to address “real-world problems.” This is a unique opportunity for CGSC ...
Written by Dr. Tom Clark: After World War II, Field Manual (FM) 101-5, Staff Officers’ Field Manual: Staff Organization and Procedure (1950) discussed planning in terms of two complementary ...
