Comments on: Learning Leadership From The Movie 13 Days

By: DaveJ

DaveJ — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:40:52 +0000

Watched it last night. I agree, great presentation of great leadership. If only they hadn't made the military brass into "cartoon figures" (as several reviewers put it) – when leadership becomes really hard is when the arguments as well as thoughtful people are on both sides of an issue.

By: Scott Yates

Scott Yates — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:27:16 +0000

Coincidentally, another great leadership-training movie also has "13" in the title: Apollo 13. That scene where the guy throws a box of stuff on a table and tells the engineers to build something that will save the astronauts' lives is amazing.

Maybe we should organize a "13" film festival.

By: Patrick Leonard

Patrick Leonard — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:40:19 +0000

Brad, thanks for posting on your DC trip. Sounds like Phil is doing great there, good to hear.

We need more voices in support of Net Neutrality. It's becoming a topic in CSIA public policy committee. If the carriers are able charge for prioritized traffic it could create serious problems for software and service providers.

Also love the reference to Singularity. more people should read Kurzweil to understand what's coming in our lifetimes.

By: SirLanse

SirLanse — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:48:27 +0000

Interesting, I worked for a guy who was supposed to support the "Pay of Pigs" but got a stand down order.
His perspective on JFK's leadership was very different.
If JFK had shown more leadership and backbone earlier, the russians would not have tried that BS!

By: dogeesh

dogeesh — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:11:31 +0000

That was a great film. I walked away with some of the same thoughts Brad. One key thing for me was JFK's ability to look not only at the information he was being given, but at who was presenting the information and trying to figure out two key elements. 1) What is their perspective and angle, 2) What information are they not telling me that I need to find from another source. Not necessarily negative, just recognizing everyone has a perspective and can only provide so much information. Realizing that JFK's job was to figure out what really was the best action for the country at that time. A tough thing to do as a leader.

By: Brad Feld

Brad Feld — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:24:04 +0000

There were two key things that jumped out at me. First was how calm JFK generally stayed throughout the crisis. There was only one emotional outburst and it was at a moment in time where yet another stupid thing happened as a result of someone in the military ignoring JFK’s specific orders. The second was how JFK synthesized all of the conflicting data coming at him, let everyone say their piece, and then took his time – even in the midst of a very loud clock ticking – making his decision.

There were many other leadership lessons from the movie but they are nicely integrated into the movie itself. Watch it!

By: Steve Bell

Steve Bell — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:24:30 +0000

Now, i'm having trouble countering that week. I was jus' watchin the game, havin a Bud!

By: Erasmo

Erasmo — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:59:04 +0000

hi Brad

could you share your view on key learnings/takeouts from the movie?

I loved the movie too and rushed through your post looking for your opinion on what you believe the topic learnings are and how they can relate to running a company….you mentioned you connected to Brad Burnhams post but didn’t go on to explain…

thanks

Erasmo

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