Mission command
Subject in Management
Mission command has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Lex Fridman Podcast. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Preston StewartWest Point graduate and Afghanistan veteran who covers the Ukraine war on YouTube, the War and Conflict podcast, and the Defense Tech News newsletter
Stewart argues it is not the military's role to decide whether to go to war, only to advise on capabilities and options.
“it's not the military's job to make the decision to go to war or not”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #504 – Russia-Ukraine War: Putin, Zelenskyy, Drones and the Future of Warfare (Nov 10, 2026) · Listen from 2:00:57
Stewart argues Ukraine's bottom-up, Western-style initiative contrasts with Russia's persistently top-down command culture.
“Whereas on the Russian side, still to today is still top down driven. They are given their orders. They are given their place on a map”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #504 – Russia-Ukraine War: Putin, Zelenskyy, Drones and the Future of Warfare (Nov 10, 2026) · Listen from 1:24:49
Podcasts
- Lex Fridman Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
#504 – Russia-Ukraine War: Putin, Zelenskyy, Drones and the Future of WarfareLex Fridman Podcast · Nov 10, 2026 · 3 h 1 min
Lex Fridman talks with military analysts Michael Kofman and Preston Stewart about the state of the Russia-Ukraine war, drone warfare, Bakhmut, Prigozhin's mutiny, leadership, and paths to peace.