Marine Corps
6 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jun 5, 2017 by David "Bull" Gurfein · across every show →
Everything said about Marine Corps, oldest first
Jun 5, 2017
Gurfein: All organizational rules can be changed for operational success
“The first thing you learn is that All rules can be changed. There's a, there is that flexibility for success, and again, it's the peacetime bureaucracy versus the combat environment, where you have to be, you have to have that flexibility to recognize, like, y…”
Jun 5, 2017
Jun 5, 2017
Gurfein: Peacetime bureaucrats struggle in volatile combat environments
“Those people who tend to be great in the bureaucratic world of a peacetime Marine Corps end up not adjusting well to this free flowing environment. And those people who are great in the combat environment sometimes don't fit that well in the structure of a pea…”
Jun 5, 2017 negative
Gurfein: Poor Leaders Offload Weak Performers to Priority Initiatives, Hamstringing Success
“A lot of times a poor leader who doesn't understand the greater perspective of the team succeeding will throw away one of their weakest performers. And so now all of a sudden you've got this focus of effort, this group that's supposed to be the greatest. All o…”
Jun 5, 2017 positive
Gurfein: Subordinates Should Only Be Punished for Inaction, Not Mistakes
“The general rule within the Marine Corps Is, and it's even written in our FMFM one leadership, you know, warrior Bible, if you will, is that our subordinate leaders should never be punished for making a mistake. They should be counseled. They should be brought…”
Oct 17, 2022 positive
Griffith: Military Intelligence Source-Tracing Is Invaluable in Financial Markets
“A lot of time was spent trying to make sure that the information you had was a unique source, and it wasn't just a confirmatory thing, that you're getting the same thing reported through different sources that ultimately lead to the same place, and you're real…”