Designing Strategists

WAR-983A: Designing Strategists (8-weeks 45-hrs, 9 units of Focus Studies Credit) Strategy and design are both well-developed bodies of knowledge with clear implications for security. While often addressed in organizational and abstract terms, both are performed by individuals and are best learned in reflective practice. In fact, one’s own life serves as an ideal playground to hone one’s skills as a strategist and a designer. This course facilitates self-development, using a “coachful” approach to learning about strategy and design, with a focus on unorthodox concepts rarely acknowledged in PME (or amongst military professionals). It does so with the aid of another, less obvious, field of scholarship – play. By embarking on a guided expedition of this complex “three-body problem,” students will be challenged by diverse ideas, exposed to creative educational techniques, and ultimately asked to design a strategy for their own continued development as strategists. https://www.dvidshub.net/video/853423/designing-strategist The eligibility requirement is any learner enrolled in SOS, ACSC, or AWC complete with the Foundational Courses but has not completed a facilitated course from Focused Studies.