Tag: operations

Reports are never 100% accurate, and the reporter is probably just the messenger, not the manager

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Leadership, military

Okay almost never and if they are 100%, then they probably won’t stay that way for long; especially when we’re talking about a current happening, or a report on a large number of people or equipment moving. REMEMBER THE YELLOW PAGES? The Yellow Pages became outdated the moment they got printed. Why? Because life moves.…… Continue reading Reports are never 100% accurate, and the reporter is probably just the messenger, not the manager

My job as a logistics or operations officer

Posted in Leadership, military

People, equipment, and information. Anytime a task or mission comes down, I can quickly summarize it into: “No later than [DATE], send [PEOPLE/EQPT/INFO] to [PERSON/PLACE]. Uniform is [UNIFORM]. Point of contact is [PERSON].” The job of an operations officer is take orders from higher and translate them into orders to lower. When I serve as…… Continue reading My job as a logistics or operations officer