Systems Not Sith: Organizational Lessons From Star Wars
In Star Wars, the Empire is presented as a monolith. Storm Troopers, TIE Fighters and even Star Destroyers are supposedly just indistinguishable cogs in a massive military machine, single-mindedly pursuing a common goal. This is, of course, a façade – like all humans, the soldiers and Officers of the Imperial Military will each have their own interests and loyalties. The Army is going to compete with the Navy, the Fighter jocks are going to compete with the Star Destroyer Captains, and the AT-AT crews are going to compete with Storm Troopers.
Read the whole thing at “Overthinking It”: “Systems, Not Sith: How Inter-service Rivalries Doomed the Galactic Empire“. And if you missed it, my take on security lessons from Star Wars.
Thanks to Bruce for the pointer.