Actionable Understanding 

• Actionable understanding is a term, long used by the US military in officer training, to refer to a comprehensive and pragmatic understanding of the internal and external environments including the purpose, goal, strategies and operational tactics. 

• In times of crisis, it enables maximum flexibility to execute without having to go up the chain of command for decisions so that those in the action can 

• share/collaborate/coordinate/execute. 

• We use the term similarly but with the emphasis on having an accurate, comprehensive and actionable "read" on self  (self-knowledge and awareness), team, focus as well as on the external environment. Similarly, with it, a team can reach high levels of performance and move most effectively on a trajectory towards their goals