As I approached the middle phases of my life, I started to gain a lot of interest in trying to make sense of all the experiences that I had
Season 1, Episode 0 — Click here to download the transcript
In this special episode I go beyond the curriculum vitae kinds of things and tell you about my life history, and my background shapes the stories and ideas I wish to share in this podcast. I am retired military officer who pursued his doctorate late in life as a way of trying to understand what I had experienced as a military officer who spent the latter half of his career working at the so-called “strategic” level. In the military, “strategic” often describes one’s place in the environment of a defense ministry (the Department of Defense in the U.S.), a Service (e.g., Army, Navy, Air Force), or one of the major commands within a Service. As I had no prior experience in the humanities, my forays into matters of organizational culture, change, communication, and leadership were essentially learning on the job.
What have I learned, and therefore how do I approach matters of scholarship and practice? That is the subject of this episode. I hope you enjoy it.
Some of my Publications:
Most of my publications are not traditional scholarly works, but rather educational texts and personal experience monographs and essays.
Galvin, T. & Allen, C. D. (2020). Diversity management and the postdiversity vision: An applied pragmatist approach. Armed Forces and Society.
Galvin, T. (2019). Two case studies of successful strategic communication campaigns. Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute.
Galvin, T. (2019). Communication campaigning: Primer for senior leaders. Carlisle, PA: Department of Command, Leadership, and Management.
Galvin, T. (2018). Leading change in military organizations: Primer for senior leaders. Carlisle, PA: Department of Command, Leadership, and Management.
Galvin, T. (Ed.) (2018). Defense management: Primer for senior leaders. Carlisle, PA: Department of Command, Leadership, and Management.
Galvin, T. and Hill, A., (2017). Educating our defense managers: A way ahead, Journal of Military Learning 1(1), 31-43.
Galvin, T. (2016). Enhancing identity development in senior service colleges. Carlisle, PA: U.S. Army War College Press.
Galvin, T. (2017, May 9). “The practice (and problems) of military ghostwriting,” WAR ROOM.
Galvin, T. (2015). “Assignment: Special assistant to the commander,” Military Review 95(2), 33-38.
This is not my only online program. I am also content manager and co-administrator for the Talking About Organizations Podcast (TAOP) website, and have been a regular cast member there since August 2017. Throughout Reflections, you will hear me refer to TAOP as the “Main” program which inspired several episodes here.
I am also the Managing Editor for WAR ROOM, the online journal of the U.S. Army War College that releases 3-4 articles and podcasts per week on topics related to national security, warfighting and campaigning, and defense leadership and management. I have published several essays in WAR ROOM based on my experiences working ten years as speechwriter and special assistant to several top U.S. Department of Defense commanders.
