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On July 2nd, 1863 Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain found himself fighting for his life on a small hill called Little Round Top. It was the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg and Chamberlain’s regiment, the 20th Maine, was the far left edge of the Union Army’s line of defense. Chamberlain’s commander, Colonel Strong Vincent, had placed the 20th Maine on the […]

Marathon. Hastings. Agincourt. Waterloo. Gettysburg. Stalingrad. Odds are you’ve heard of some of these battles. However, there was a little-known battle during the Napoleonic Wars that had a huge effect on how modern warfare is conducted. And, interestingly, it was the losing side that led the revolution. In 1806, Napoleon obliterated the Prussian Army at the Battle

There’s a scene in the movie Oppenheimer when, as a professor at Berkeley, he leads a discussion on the collapse of a giant star. One of his students, Harland Snyder, begins to grasp the compounding effects of all that matter caving in on itself. Density increases, which increases gravity, which increases density… “It’s a viscous cycle until…” Snyder

Sometimes little things have big effects. Years ago a friend of mine, after leaving the Army, became the manager of a large retail chain store with 300 employees and a slew of issues. After interviewing a good portion of her workforce, Tracey was overwhelmed with the sheer volume of problems that surfaced. Unsure where to begin,

“I’m pretty sure my boss hates me.” Alex was a gifted engineer I had known for years who was struggling with his supervisor. In the months since taking over the team, his new boss had all but extinguished his joy at work. “She refuses to consider any of my advice—despite the fact I’ve been doing this