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I have kept blogs twice in my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2003 a remarkable young woman named Wendy Luce stumbled across the first. The Internet was strange and mysterious then, but against her better judgment she emailed me. We got married a year later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I began my second blog during the worst years of the Iraq War, at a time when junior military officers were testing out the Internet as a medium for writing, thinking, learning, and building community. I made online friends. LTC John Nagl, a warrior scholar who helped the United States rediscover counterinsurgency theory, reached out and connected me to a broader national security community. I also met Navy Lieutenant Ben Kohlmann, who invited me to help stand up the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All that to say, I have found that good things come from writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2014 I took a long hiatus from public writing. The last six years have been demanding: attending the Air Force’s School of Advanced Air & Space Studies (SAASS)<\/a>, earning my PhD at Stanford, and founding and leading two startups: one a nonprofit<\/a> and the other inside government<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now I am coming up for air. I am beginning a new assignment as a full-time professor at SAASS, where I can devote myself to teaching, researching, reading, thinking, and writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting a new blog was not an easy decision. I am an Enneagram 5<\/a>, which means I am most content in my own mind. My happy place is under headphones at my desk writing, coding, imagining, and inventing. Sharing takes precious energy and I constantly fear being overdrawn. Many of the topics I’m most passionate about–the challenges of leadership, managing one’s own psychology, dealing with failure, etc.–are deeply personal and require vulnerability, which cuts against the grain of business and military cultures in which shining success is carefully curated and presented on LinkedIn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that said, I’m not getting any younger. It is high time I give back. I’m passionate about helping other intrapreneurs succeed in driving change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is what you can expect:<\/p>\n\n\n\n