A simplifying core principle by which all personnel in a military unit can make tactical and strategic decisions during a mission or military engagement.
It is built on the proverb that comes from experience after doing too detailed battle planning, that no plan survives contact with the enemy
Commander's Intent (CI) is a crisp, plain talk statement that appears on th top of every order, specifying the the plan's goal, the desired end-state of an operation.
Officers arrive at the Commander's Intent (CI) by asking themselves two questions.
If we do nothing else during this mission, we must ____________________ .
The single, most important thing we must do on this mission is __________________.
Because no plan survives contact with the enemy.
Pierre BassonSimilarly No sales plan survives contact with the customer.
And in teaching No lessopn plan survives contact with teenagers.
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Commander\'s Intent News
2010-06-30
>I guess the lesson to be learned here is that if you are the elite offspring of an SPDC general, and you are applying for a student visa with the intent to stay on permanently in Australia or any other country which has sanctions ...
2008-06-13
How a commander communicates his intent to subordinates can make the difference between success and failure.
2007-10-09
If you use it on a large scale, it needs to be backed up with more commander"s indent down the line. The Marine's "Go north and always defend the river." was the indent at one level. Higher up the indent may have been "Clear all areas ...
2008-06-04
Experience and research have shown that interface concepts focused on Commander s Intent can provide an integrating function for both operators shared understanding of the situation and the netted sensor assets. ...
2010-08-18
May 1 6, 1862 Grand Gulf shelled by Union naval task force of six gunboats led by Commander S. Phillips Lee. May 1 8, 1862 Lee's task force anchors below Vicksburg; he calls on city to surrender. May 29,1862 Beauregard evacuates Corinth ...
2010-09-01
Use Commander's Intent to promote ownership, stretch your people and align them with the strategy and goals of the kilombo.
2010-09-01
#pmot RT @LucidPointe: Commander's Intent - Communicate for Empowered Performance. Key leadership tenet. http://bit.ly/b9foy8
