The Art of Maneuver
The Art of Maneuver is a series of mini podcasts that demonstrates how to defeat the bureaucracy, using principles inspired by maneuver warfare. Patrick Edwards and Brandon Newell are two thought leaders and veterans of the US military, who are now sharing their earned wisdom of how to take on the bureaucracy - and win - using your best asset: your passion and your authentic self.
Podcasting since 2020 • 36 episodes
The Art of Maneuver
Latest Episodes
AoM - The right way to replace a founder
When the time comes for you to leave an organization, don't count on the next person owning your ideas and initiatives the way you did. Don't count on them at all - the bureaucracy doesn't rise to the occasion to replace you well. Designate a n...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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9:08
AoM - Operate under the radar as long as you can
Don't let the bureaucracy over-invest in you. The bureaucracy will want to kill you. Think of Sun Tzu and the Art of War. Don’t let your adversary know you are it's adversary. Don’t skyline yourself as an innovator, or the bureaucracy will trai...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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8:14
AoM - Don’t build programs, find innovators and disruptors
Don’t build programs, find innovators and disruptors. Invest in them. You can manufacture them. You identify them. Pour the support you would have had for the founderless innovation office, into the next disruptor.
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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8:08
AoM - Innovation offices eventually become the bureaucracy
“Innovation” offices cannot survive beyond the founders, they simply become part of the bureaucracy at that point. Think of Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund. He only invests in companies that still have their founder. His philosophy is that once a F...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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7:58
AoM - No one can compete with you at being you
Don't try to be something other than what you are. Don’t listen to that voice. It's distracting you from being you. You will be a horrible version of someone else. You're an incredible version of you. If you are truly you, if you embrace your s...
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