Opponent
other on 3 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes
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Repeated success inevitably causes large organizations to grow arrogant and lazy
“There is this tendency for large, powerful countries, just like large, powerful companies. They get fat and lazy and arrogant because they've just had success after success after success. This inevitably leads them to underestimate their opponent. That is neve…”
McChrystal: Future warfare will feature countless uncoordinated adversaries
“We can have countless opponents, and they don't all have to be coordinated. They just have to share a general common intent to do us harm, which makes them more difficult because you have to defeat each one, not, you can't defeat them as a network, and that's …”
Duke: An opponent's disrespect is a competitive strategic advantage
“I think that everybody has a need to be liked and respected, but there's a time and a place for that, and when you're sitting across the table from an opponent, it is not in any way, shape, or form to your advantage to be, prove that you should be liked and re…”