Context matters: different approaches to looking at people, problems
Army Col. Kennon Gilliam, strategic wargaming director for the Army Center for Strategic Leadership, right, discusses the “Game of 23” with DLA Troop Support Product Test Center Analytic lead scientist Jamie Hieber during an event Dec. 5, 2019, in Philadelphia. Gilliam said that the simple game of addition was a small example of how wargaming uses systems and processes – mathematics in this case – and pairs it with the human element, or players, to pit personalities and strategies against real-world scenarios and stresses.