LEARN TO LEAD - Civil Air Patrol

VOLUME FOUR STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVESCHAPTER OUTLINEThis chapter’s readings are:Strategic Leadership:Defining the ChallengeCol W. Michael Guillot, “Strategic Leadership:Defining the Challenge,” Air & Space Power Journal(Winter 2003): 67-75.National Security StrategyThe White House, “National Security Strategy,”(May 2010).Leadership and Systems ThinkingCOL George E. Reed, “Leadership and SystemsThinking,” Defense AT&L 35, no. 3 (2006): 10-13.tion that companies that conduct long-rangeplanning incorrectly may actually hinderrather than help their performance.For a specific example of applying innovativeconcepts with strategic planning, the finalarticle presents the topic of crowdsourcing.This term refers to the relatively new trend ofassigning work to large group of people, whomay be highly-skilled amateurs, rather thanjust a small handful of employees in an organization.The authors of the final article,“Crowdsourcing: What it Means for Innovation,”summarize the current state of thisconcept. As you read the article, you may discovernew ways to harness the various talentsof a group of people to meet the needs of yourproject, team, or squadron.Strategic Thinking:Key to Corporate SurvivalBenjamin B. Tregoe and John W. Zimmerman,“Strategic Thinking: Key to Corporate Survival,”Management Review 68, no. 2 (1979): 8-14.Crowdsourcing:What it Means for InnovationAnhai Doan, Raghu Ramarkrishnan, & Alon Y. Halevy,“Crowdsourcing: What it Means for Innovation,”Communications of the ACM 54, no. 4 (2011): 86-96.CHAPTER GOALS1. Comprehend the concept ofstrategic leadership at the nationaland organizational level.2. Summarize the use of systemsthinking for strategic planning.3. Explain how the use of crowdsourcingtechnologies can helpaccomplish team goals.9