{"id":1170,"date":"2012-04-27T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T11:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2015-07-27T17:16:31","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T17:16:31","slug":"socialnorms1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2012\/04\/27\/socialnorms1\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Social Norms…or How I Failed in ROTC (part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AdamJBurton_Small-300x300\"<\/a>In college, I took advantage of a number of classes offered by the campus ROTC<\/a> program. They had excellent courses in military history and leadership. It exposed me to a world I knew very little about. Another benefit was it allowed me to participate in various ROTC activities, like rappelling down towers, PT (physical training), D&C (drill and ceremony) while experiencing the camaraderie of a close knit group.<\/p>\n

Even though they were welcoming, I was not an actual cadet. So while others were contracted to the Army post-college, I was not. If you are interested, you can re-create my ROTC experience for yourself at home. Get up at 4:30 in the morning, put on a 30 pound ruck sack and start marching. To get the full effect, have someone scream \u201cyour other left!\u201d at you every so often. (My sense of direction is still terrible!)<\/p>\n

One day, we were doing some team-building exercises. You know, the kind of thing where the whole team has to come together and figure out some puzzle. One of the exercises was to get your team and \u201cequipment\u201d across a \u201criver.\u201d In team building circles, this one is called \u201ccrossing the river<\/strong>\u201d (You can get a flavor of it below.)<\/p>\n