The Resourcefulness Weapon: Little Bo-Peep
By Drake Hunter | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice
Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep, and doesn’t know where to find them; leave them alone, and they’ll come home, wagging their tails behind them.
Poor Little Bo-Peep would have made a terrible investigator. Imagine asking her a few basic questions: “Ma’am, when did you last see your sheep? Did you search the pasture? Check the gate? Follow their tracks? Talk to anyone who might have seen them?” Apparently, the answer to all of the above would have been no. Her investigative strategy was much simpler: Leave them alone, and they’ll come home.
Cute nursery rhyme. Terrible source management.
During my years in the Air Force, particularly through my experience with the Office of Special Investigations, I learned the imp...
