While the clandestine nature of IS’ leadership limits our ability to determine if it has the “right people,” at the helm, the fact they have risen to such positions while fighting a decades-long war against the United States, the Iraqi military, Shi’ite death squads, tribal militias and rival insurgent factions suggests they are a capable and adaptive bunch. Other dynamics that enable senior leadership success include “sound structure” (the right number of people and clear norms of conduct) and “supportive context” (the team has the resources and information needed to achieve its goals). Unfortunately, again, these dynamics can be observed within IS; according to studies of the group’s fastidious financial records and their own publically-available annual reports, it is clear group leaders are receiving the type of fine-grained internal metrics necessary to educate their decisions
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 19:06:48 +0000
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