The military describes managing current operations as command and control. One of the most important concepts in command and control is the idea of span the control. Span of control describes how many simultaneous, subordinate operations you can successfully manage at appropriate level of detail given the current situation of uncertainty, stress and pressure. […]
Category: Military
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: a checklist for battle stations
Military command posts must monitor the situation around them 24 hours a day and seven days a week. There is never a time when they can take the day off. But there are also times that require extra vigilance and attention to detail such as when the unit is about to engage in a new […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: appreciating the power of rehearsals
Rehearals are considered to be one of the highest payoff practices in the military planning process. It’s where units develop and reinforce the patterns of action and decision-making that make all the difference in combat. Rehearsals will improve your trading practice as well, if you understand how to do them well. There are 4 main […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: the operations order format of structured trading
The military’s five paragraph field order is a template for trading success. By adapting this powerful template, you will have an outline of required information to ensure that your plan is complete. The five sections are: situation, mission, execution, support, command and control. Let’s take a quick look at the contents of each of these […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: Synchronizing your trading systems into an effective strategy
Achieving integration and synergy is a critical part of the military planning process, which has a direct connection to the task of trading successfully. Military units achieve integration and synergy in a variety of ways that include phasing, control measures, decision criteria, a synchronization matrix and rehearsals. Each of these can be a great help […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: applying the concepts of Mission and Commander’s Intent to improve your trading
The military planning process offers powerful insights that traders can apply to improve their trading practice dramatically. This article looks at the powerful idea of the Concept of the operation. The concept of the operation immediately follows the Mission Statement and Commander’s Intent, which lays out the critical tasks and purpose of any operation, and […]
A Reflection on Personal Learning Environments, blogs and wikis
Dr John Persyn from the Dean of Academic Operations started up a study group to look at what InstructorNet could/should/might/ought be. He made the mistake of asking me to think out loud. If you don’t disagree with anything that follows, or at least wonder what I am smoking, then I have failed I take the InstructorNet working group […]
Reflecting on education and promotions within the military
A fellow student was researching the relationship between education and promotion within the Army, so I wrote him this quick reflection: its very true that military promotions are multi-variable; explicitly we consider the whole person concept. Education IS a factor, but only up to a point Examples: 1. enlisted soldiers get promoted based on […]
The original Judo rules
Kano Jiu-Jitsu Contest Rules The Original Kodokan Judo Tournament Rules H. Irving Hancock and Katsukuma Higashi, The Complete Kano Jiu-Jitsu (Judo), (New York: Dover Publications, 1905) 1. Each contestant shall wear coat and belt. 2. A contestant shall be deemed to have been defeated when his two shoulders and hips shall have touched the floor, […]
design thoughts
this whiteboard drawing supplements my previous posting on Design