U.S. Air Force launched multi-day readiness exercises across the Middle East yesterday.
Not standard drills. Agile combat employment.
The concept: operate from multiple dispersed locations with minimal logistics. Set up, launch, recover, move. Repeat under pressure.
Most air forces centralize around major bases with complex supply chains. One strike takes out operational capacity.
U.S. doctrine inverts this. Pre-build the capability to operate lean from anywhere.
The systems principle translates directly to business.
Companies that require perfect conditions to execute are fragile. Custom tools, proprietary platforms, complex dependencies.
One vendor goes down. One platform changes terms. One key person leaves.
Operations stop.
Resilient systems are deployment-ready with minimal infrastructure. Can operate from multiple locations. Don't need perfect conditions to function.
The military tests this before crisis. Most companies discover their dependencies during failure.
Where does your operation require perfect conditions to function?
What breaks if one platform, vendor, or person disappears?
Agile operations aren't built during crisis. They're tested before you need them.
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