Kotler, Steven. Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work., 2017.
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> “When SEALs sweep a building,” says Rich Davis, “slow is
dangerous. We want to move as fast as possible. To do this,
there are only two rules. The first is do the exact opposite of
what the guy in front of you is doing—so if he looks left, then
you look right. The second is trickier: the person who knows
what to do next is the leader. We’re entirely nonhierarchical in
that way. But in a combat environment, when split seconds make
all the difference, there’s no time for second-guessing. When
someone steps up to become the new leader, everyone, immedi-
ately, automatically, moves with him. It’s the only way we win.”
>This “dynamic subordination,” where leadership is fluid and
defined by conditions on the ground, is the foundation of flip-
ping the switch.
>“The Navy’s caste system,”¹⁰ Team Six’s colorful
founder, Richard Marcinko, wrote in his autobiography, Rogue
Warrior, “has the reputation of being about as rigid as any in the
world.” To get past those divisions, Marcinko broke ranks with
strict naval protocols. He had the SEALs forgo standard dress
codes and divisions between officers and enlisted: they wore
what they wanted and rarely saluted each other.