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*Continuous Learning (CL) courses are not shownJoint Special Operations Forces Pre-Command Course - Online
USSOCOM Staff Education Program - Foundations
National Resistance Course
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The Fourth Age: The Future of Special Operations
The Compound Era of U.S. Counterterrorism
Operating on the Margins: SOF in the Gray Zone
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About JSOU
Popular Resources
Upcoming Courses
*Continuous Learning (CL) courses are not shownJoint Special Operations Forces Pre-Command Course - Online
USSOCOM Staff Education Program - Foundations
National Resistance Course
Recent Publications
The Fourth Age: The Future of Special Operations
The Compound Era of U.S. Counterterrorism
Operating on the Margins: SOF in the Gray Zone
Featured Publications
Quick Links
SOF Creative Problem Solving- Tools and Techniques
Description
SOF professionals are persistently immersed in a stream of volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) compound security dilemmas which require the dynamic application of a flexible, creative thinking tool-set, skill-set and mind-set. Accordingly, this 5-day residential course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to apply the science of creative thinking via a 4-stage creative process methodology against a SOF-relevant problem set to gain experience translating theory into actionable outcomes. Furthermore, students will develop skills to facilitate team-based approaches to creative problem solving in the face of dynamic situations and SOF-peculiar scenarios that require the application of innovative thinking in order to create value in the form of novel strategies / concepts / effects, and/or to drive organizational adaptation and evolution. Total time commitment: 5-day residential course with pre-work (distance learning)
Audience
Personnel assigned to USSOCOM, its components, TSOCs, and those units and agencies in direct support of USSOCOM. Others will be accepted on a case-by-case basis. Grades: E-5 to E9 and O-1 to O-10 and Government Civilian equivalents. *24 seats available per iteration
Materials
Students will have access to all required materials through JSOU’s e-campus.