#4B--Nick Galvan

(This is the second half of a longer podcast. Also, we experienced sound quality problems while recording this episode, so we apologize in advance!) In this episode, we discuss: *How Nick found his way to DFCs *Nick’s experience of watching a DFC taught about his own combat experiences *Green-eyed Ghosts, the first DFC that Nick designed, developed, and facilitated *Nick’s first time teaching Green-eyed Ghosts and the reception it received *The need for case facilitators to honor the facts of the case and describe its events as accurately as possible *Why case facilitators should be impartial in their facilitation *Nick’s experience delivering a Battle of Belleau Wood case at a World War One conference *His thoughts on what makes a great DFC and his work on enlisted-focused cases *How teaching DFCs on ethics and leadership is akin to hitting the “easy button” *How Nick finds a “home” for a DFC *The experiences of Nick’s wife teaching DFCs at her job at Marine Corps Community Services *Common DFC facilitation pitfalls *One of Damien’s nightmare case teaching experiences and the profound learning he took from it *The need for including fine details in tactical DFCs *Why context is key to DFCs *How some case participants get “stuck” on the actual decisions made by the case protagonist *Nick’s favorite DFC, Missile Command, and the time he taught it The Basic School *The stories behind two other DFCs that Nick created and taught, Rage Against the Machine and 1st and 10 *Nick’s experience teaching DFCs in the fleet and at the 29 Palms Staff Non-Commissioned Officer Academy *Nick’s approach to teaching people how to develop and facilitate DFCs *His thoughts on why we don’t see more enlisted Marines facilitating DFCs and what he’d do to change that *What drew Nick to teaching and his advice to young Marines interested in becoming instructors *The connection between teaching and leading *Nick’s experience as a sergeant major Notes If you’d like to get in touch with Nick, please send us an email at [email protected].