Secretary Gates Declares War on the Army Brass

Posted by Alex Burns on October 15, 2007

Fred Kaplan’s analysis of US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates nails the Pentagon’s barriers to the transformation required to fight asymmetric wars: “. . . it’s practically a declaration of bureaucratic war . . . The promotion system is the way the traditional culture perpetuates itself.”

Kaplan’s observations apply to anyone who is trying to be a change agent. Other resources: