In this special episode I go beyond the curriculum vitae kinds of things and tell you about my life history, and my background shapes the stories and ideas I wish to share in this podcast. I am retired military officer who pursued his doctorate late in life as a way of trying to understand what I had experienced as a military officer who spent the latter half of his career working at the so-called "strategic" level. In the military, "strategic" often describes one's place in the environment of a defense ministry (the Department of Defense in the U.S.), a Service (e.g., Army, Navy, Air Force), or one of the major commands within a Service. As I had no prior experience in the humanities, my forays into matters of organizational culture, change, communication, and leadership were essentially learning on the job.

What have I learned, and therefore how do I approach matters of scholarship and practice? That is the subject of this episode. I hope you enjoy it!