Retired U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal was forced to learn on his feet while fighting Al Qaeda in Iraq, an enemy whose command structure was distributed rather than centralized. In response to this new brand of warfare, McChrystal developed a “team of teams” approach, which hinged upon the notion of “shared consciousness.” This new communications strategy empowered disparate working groups to share information – and use it to adapt – more quickly.Upon returning to civilian life, McChrystal discovered that shared consciousness could be applied perfectly to the new challenges that large, distributed businesses face in a more fluid global economy. In this lesson, he explores how to use his communications strategy to cultivate transparency and adaptability in any large organization.Shared Consciousness: Universal contextual understanding of everything that’s happening in a system. It empowers disparate teams and individuals to make decisions on their own and close to the po...