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Sorin Adam Matei

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Tag: military

The Mind – Body Problem Does Not Exist: What I Learned from the SEALs

The Navy SEALs (Sea, Air, and Land warriors) are deep thinkers. They even solved, in their own way, the age-old philosophical “mind-body problem”. The life principle that may be derived from their solution could help any civilian organization better integrate and care…

Separating the Lanes: What Does the Coast Guard Do?

What does the Coast Guard do? It protects the coast. Not. Add: the Coast Guard is not a police force. It is not a maritime DMV. It is not a federal bureaucracy. It is not easy to define the United States Coast…

When All Fails, Hit the Bone: What I Learned from the Military Doctors

I am not a squeamish man. I do not like seeing blood, but it does not scare me. My grandmother, born in 1900, kept chickens, pigs, sheep, a goat or two, cattle, dogs, and assorted cats. I saw my share of slaughtered…

What should a strategist know? A competency-based education program for strategic thinkers and doers

In my role as an Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at Purdue University, I partnered with two colleagues with solid experience in military strategy research and education to propose a new methodology for training strategic thinkers and doers. David Benson,…