Thank you for the kind words and I’m thrilled the material was useful to you. See you soon.

When my children were young, I would tell them to “open your eyes and see the world around you.” Think of it as the civilian version of situational awareness. We all teach our children to make plans, even though that may not be our conscious purpose. We tell them to stop and look both ways before crossing the street, for example.

It wasn’t until I was in the Army that I was introduced to the concept of planning on the fly. Operations orders, warning orders, fragmentary orders. Contingencies, options, and OODA.

Once again, you have helped frame the knowledge I have in ways that I can express. I’ll be sharing this with my sons when next we get together.