All’s Well…If We Make it Well

All’s Well…If We Make it Well

EPISODE 151 All’s Well…If We Make it Well Wellness isn’t just a soft and fuzzy term bandied about in the Human Resources department. Healthier, happier employees perform better, and in professions where the rubber meets the road, wellness is tactical. The...
Team Selection: Real-Life Fantasy Draft

Team Selection: Real-Life Fantasy Draft

EPISODE 150 Team Selection:Real Life Fantasy Draft When drafting players for your fantasy sportsball team, stats provide an easy benchmark. Just pick the ones with the most home runs, passing yards, and the highest free-throw percentage. It’s a little harder selecting...
A Good Commander Knows What to Control

A Good Commander Knows What to Control

EPISODE 149 A Good Commander Knows What to Control No team in law enforcement is composed of robotic textbook-following automatons, nor would we want it to be, if we’ve ever found ourselves at 2MPH over the limit. But when a worst-case incident unfolds, we want every...
Sleeping for Success

Sleeping for Success

EPISODE 148 Sleeping for Success The downsides of sleep deprivation are legion: irritability, poor judgment, even lowered testosterone. Yet the duties of the .mil and LE career fields are well known for demanding odd and/or long hours that can make it hard to get good...
Finding the Bomber

Finding the Bomber

EPISODE 147 Finding the Bomber In the spring of 2018, the city of Austin, Texas was rocked by a string of package bombs, five in all, that killed two and injured five. The story of how local and federal agencies tracked down the perpetrator is almost all open source...
Put Me In, Coach!

Put Me In, Coach!

EPISODE 146 Put me in, Coach! Do you know what every great slugger in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown had in common? They all had hitting coaches. Today we have an abundance of riches in the form of internet videos to teach almost any skill, but at some point...