Training for certainty, educating for uncertainty. The military maxim sums up Brookings Executive Education’s (BEE’s) value proposition, according to BEE’s Executive in Residence David Huntoon Jr. The retired Army lieutenant general assumed the role in May 2017. BEE covers the core competencies required for the Senior Executive Service. But, it also prepares public servants to solve problems during global crises, geopolitical conflicts and periods of rapid change — or what the military calls VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) conditions. “Brookings Executive Education gets VUCA,” Huntoon says. Government often focuses on “current operations and the here-and-now. At BEE, public-sector leaders […]