8 The U.S. armed forces' history of success conspires to convince many that change is not needed, that the old way of buying ever more expensive platforms still is the best way to protect national security. We won't change fundamentally until a crisis forces us to or we implode of our own weight. Those who thrive in this new world are a different breed. . . They haven't earned their stripes, and they don't seem to be coming up in a fair way. . . . In short, the Web breaks down fiefdoms.
Resistance is feudal.
The real issue is whether companies have the guts to engage in creative destruction. . . . E-commerce will work to the extent that you alter every relationship in your organization. Interview originally published in The Chronicle of Higher Education , reprinted in the College of Liberal Arts Newsletter , The University of Texas at Austin, summer 2000. She is assigned to J7, Joint Exercises and Training, at Regional Headquarters, Allied Forces Northern Europe. All items on this page copyright 2001 U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, Md., unless otherwise indicated.