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Air Combat Command's august bridge chat

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is decision making . Their whole

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libraries of books written about

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decision making , but one of the things

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I want to take a moment to talk about

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is the speed of decision making . One

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of the Air Force's thought leaders on

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this was Colonel john Boyd who

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developed the loop , observe orient

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decide act , lays out the fundamental

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principles of how humans make decisions .

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But during his military studies he

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found that armies that could make

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decisions at a faster pace , their

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enemy were usually victorious . So how

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do we make quality decisions at a speed

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that will put the enemy on their heels .

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One is by delegating authority

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decisions to the lowest possible level

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leaders who can communicate their

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intent and enable lower level decisions

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can move faster units can move from

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tens of decisions to hundreds or even

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thousands of decisions in a single day

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that forces the enemy to react to us .

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So as leaders , enabling decision

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making is just important as decision

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making , that we do ourselves Effective

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decision making looks like a 100%

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thought through process . I always say

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it's not what you say , it's how you

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say it . If you come to someone or

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someone in your leadership with a

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decision that you think it's right for

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a situation . If you are respectful and

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you know what you're talking about ,

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they will take that into consideration

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and you may you may not know you might

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end up making a great decision for your

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entire unit , maybe the whole air force .

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Oftentimes you have to be super quick

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on your feet and you have to make a

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decision that can affect you and

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multiple people around you multiple

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lives . So you always have to make sure

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if you have to think quick on your feet ,

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you do it as carefully and precisely as

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possible . Training can help , but it's

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still training at the end of the day ,

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it's not real world , it's a

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walkthrough situation . When something

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is going on in real life , it is either

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black or white , there's no gray areas .

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You have to make a decision , you have

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to make it fast and then you have to

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make it with consideration to

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everything around you . We're making

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informed , effective decisions for

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other people , especially if you have

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another individual who is in the

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leadership position , support as much

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as possible . And then when they make a

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decision you support and you roll with

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it instead of always continuously

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providing more and more feedback .

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Sometimes the decision just has to be

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made and you have to trust the person

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that's in charge of the moment and then

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flex is needed after , I think when it

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comes to making the decision in the

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field , I think every airman needs to

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realize that you probably know more

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than you think . Um I think we all

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focus on what we don't know and what we

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could have done better , but in the

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moment I think we have all the

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necessary tools and resources to

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accomplish what we need to and to get

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after what we need to maybe trust

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yourself a little bit more and trust

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others around you to help you get to

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where you need to be . Because the end

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of the day , you're gonna have your

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team out there , um and it might sound

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a little bit corny , but at the end of

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the day , the team is all you need .