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Simon Cooke's avatar

No reference to parking meters. Curious about the mix between Dylan and the Jefferson Airplane in the headline.

Oliver Johnson's avatar

Always good to mix it up a bit

Andy Simpson's avatar

'Mission Command', how SF units operate as opposed to Green Army units. I had a small team of very experienced guys [civilian] and found the impulse to spend my days with my feet on the desk while they achieved 'the mission' between themselves, bespoke to their sector/personalities etc. with just minimal prompting on general direction. Upstream it was standard hierarchical, they'd always mess things up by a. forgetting what they are trying to do [most common human stupidity, © Nietzsche] and b. getting executively involved in things they weren't au fait with in trying to build perception they are 'a leader'.

Anyway, the pump don't work 'cos the vandals took the handles.

Oliver Johnson's avatar

Interesting thanks. I suspect the army analogy is a good one, because in those circumstances there is a very powerful incentive to develop leadership structures which will literally keep you alive, so it stops being just an abstract MBA-type question

Nate “ the blind stone cutter”'s avatar

And watch your parking meter

Oliver Johnson's avatar

Don't want to be a bum, you better chew gum

Nate “ the blind stone cutter”'s avatar

Smiley face You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows thank you for the billing quotes

Melanie99's avatar

Compare Stokes' retirement with Williamson's. One is part of a system where no one player is more important than the collective.

Oliver Johnson's avatar

That's fair - and of course the counterpoint to the "there was no way to bat on that pitch other than by throwing the bat" argument was the fact that Mitchell had just guts-ed it through for a century

Michael Andrew Lewis's avatar

it was crazy …. picture taken top of his run for wkt taking, post retirement ball !?