Dr. Eitan Shamir short Bio
Dr. Eitan Shamir is a Research Fellow in the Dado Center for Interdisciplinary
Military Studies (CIMS) which is part of the IDF's Training & Doctrine Division. His
research interest and publications focus on topics such as command and leadership,
sources of military change and military culture. His book Transforming Command:
The Pursuit of Mission Command in the US, UK and Israeli Armies, is forthcoming
with Stanford Press in 2010.
His military experience includes service in the IDF's paratroops brigade and a
commission as a reserve officer in the IDF's Organizational Psychology Unit. Most of
his career Eitan has been working internationally as a management consultant with
firms such as PwC and KPMG Consulting, focusing on large scale corporate
transformation and leadership development. He holds a PhD from the Department of
War Studies, King's College London, a Master in Organizational Behavior (MOB)
from Brigham Young University, Provo UT, USA and a BA degree in Political
Science from Tel Aviv University, Israel