In other words, the military uses Command and Control because it’s the only way to get 18 year olds to charge through a minefield, not because they think it’s the best management method for every situation.
Go and read it, especially if you feel you are in a Command and Control company 😉
Interesting correlation with military thinking. Ironically, sometimes the military discovers the truth about enabling people to self-manage, but they carefully manage to avoid learning anything from the experience. Here’s a case in point: The $250 billion exercise known as Millennium Challenge 02.