 It's not uncommon to hear we shouldn't run the military like a business. What does that mean? Does that mean leadership lessons from Thomas Alva Edison, Warren Buffett, or Bill Gates can't be useful? Of course not. Does that mean ideas like the assembly line, telephone, or light bulb don't have applicability? Probably not. Usually when somebody says we shouldn't run the military like a business, they're talking about fads that come and go, or the application of an idea that worked in a business setting but not in an operational one. Interestingly, many ideas got their start in the military but have either outgrown their usefulness or no longer apply. Let's not ignore ideas just because they didn't originate in our organization, but let's think about opening our aperture to include them. Lead well this week.