Dr. Heather Hanson

I was impressed by Dr. Hanson, who in the spirit of a maverick opened a panel on government-non government cooperation by suggesting that Whole of Government approach may not be a good thing, while the others on the panel were naturally touting the Whole of Government approach.

Dr. Hanson's concern is legitimate, noting that the specific priorities of the individual non-government groups that have track records of successful work that contributes to the whole can get lost when they must concede to priorities of the Whole of Government approach.

As MajGen Miller later states, the term Whole of Government can take on a whole new meaning when you drop the W from the first word, and that isn't a good thing.

I had some additional thoughts on Day 2 at the Joint Warfighter conference over at the USNI blog.