- From retired General Stanley McChrystal. Guidance on developing an adaptable, agile, and unified organization.

- Changes in the nature of war necessarily lead to changes in leadership and team dynamics.

- Given the dynamic nature of current combat, the prevalence of unknown unknowns, and the rapid pace of information dispersion, it is unreasonable for every leadership level to approve every maneuver.

- Teams need to be competent and well-trained. But in this current environment, it would be prohibitively cumbersome to require the commander's involvement in every decision while remaining agile and quickly responding to constant changes. In contrast, developing a strong team and providing a common goal, an overarching mission, allows teams to execute, react, and adjust to shifting battlefields. The end state serves as a guide, and the group draws from their training to accomplish the mission.