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Global Knowledge Networking: Smart Strategies for Promoting Innovative Learning and Leader Development
by Walter L. Christman, Frank C. DiGiovanni, and Linton Wells II
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| April 1, 2015
Global Knowledge Networking: Smart Strategies for Promoting Innovative Learning and Leader Development
By Walter L. Christman, Frank C. DiGiovanni, and Linton Wells II
Defense Horizons 80
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Dealing effectively with contemporary security challenges requires prepared coalitions of partners that are able to operate together.
The Global Knowledge Networking (GKN) initiative supports local decisionmaking and makes knowledge actionable. Its core is the “composable organization,” where people, ideas, processes, and technology can be brought together as needed.
The GKN supports initiatives from NATO’s Wales Summit, focused especially on interoperability and capacity-building. A proposed Gulf Knowledge Center test bed also would support recent decisions by a Gulf Cooperation Council Summit concerning military command and education.
Building new learning tools with coalition partners can improve common understanding and shared procedures. This vision is a key part of the next generation of training and readiness capability, led by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel & Readiness). The GKN initiative could be adapted for regions beyond the Gulf.
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