In: Military Review, January-February 2010, pp.41-47
p.41 Our culture as professionals includes
identifying the mission, visualizing the end state, developing and implementing solutions to achieve the end state, successfully
accomplishing the mission, and starting it all over again as a matter of routine. No one sets out to fail.
p.41 Capacity building is an “ill-structured
problem.” We can certainly agree that there is no common
structure, process, or system to comprehensively prepare Soldiers, leaders, and units for
success in the myriad challenges they potentially face during full spectrum operations at the operational and tactical levels... capacity building is more of an art than a science, and success is often elusive and based on trial
and error.
p.42 Capacity Building Defined...
Ford Foundation Definition (circa 1996): defines "capacity building" as
the "process of developing and strengthening the skills, instincts, abilities, processes and resources that organizations
and communities need to survive, adapt, and thrive in the fast-changing world."
