Jim speaks to leadership audiences, agencies, and conferences. Plainspoken, specific, and built around lessons the room can use the next morning.
SIGNATURE TALKS
01
How teams hold together and decide well when the stakes are highest and the information is worst.
Audiences leave with a practical model for leading under pressure and uncertainty.
02
Three decades at the center of conflict - each campaign with a transferable lesson for leaders.
• Somalia - Task Force Ranger
• The Sinai & the Middle East
• Bosnia
• Iraq - the fight for Ramadi
• Afghanistan
• Ukraine
03
Bringing battlefield-grade intelligence discipline to community safety and law enforcement.
For command staff and agencies building a proactive intelligence culture.
Beyond the signature talks, Jim tailors sessions across the subjects he has lived and studied.
Why force alone rarely wins, and what actually does.
Firsthand, present-day assessment from the ground.
From battlefield intelligence to the policy level.
Restraint, precision, and the protection of the innocent.
How drones are reshaping the modern battlefield.
Leading - and coming back - after being wounded in action.
FORMATS & AUDIENCES
A signature talk sized to your program, from 20 minutes to a full session.
A half-day, hands-on session for leadership teams and command staff.
A moderated conversation with room for the audience’s own questions.
A credible, plainspoken voice on conflict, security, and leadership panels.
Teams that need to decide well under pressure and ambiguity.
Keynotes that anchor a program with substance and story.
Command staff building intelligence and readiness.
Leadership, resilience, and lessons from a career in the field.
SELECTED APPEARANCES
Newsmax
Jocko Podcast
Fox News
AUSA
Center for Security Policy
Share your event, audience, and timing - Jim will follow up directly.