ALL THINGS CYBER
“My greatest takeaway [from DCELP] was how to become influ- ential to others—how to be vulnerable with my teammates as a strength.” Completing CES was instrumental in “learning self-awareness as a leader, both shortcomings and strengths,” he added.
Kinnebrew believes that showing your human side helps create trust and understanding. “I am a people first, performance second and process third type of leader. Creating trust and rapport with your peers and leadership is important. Showing vulnerabil- ity helps.”
Kinnebrew said that he applied for DCELP and CES to increase his value, increase his awareness and learn the latest concepts.
“I was hoping to find additional blind spots in my leadership style, meet new people and share my experiences and produce a plan for my knowledge transfer to others,” he said. “Te program helped me develop these plans.”
Kinnebrew’s knowledge transfer plan would include peer-to-peer mentorship with a discussion board or roundtable discussion to allow lessons learned to be incorporated into current planning, tasks and assignments. He believes a structured, peer-to-peer activity would give everyone an equal voice and a welcome plat- form for discussion. He’d like to see this plan executed before his retirement.
Above all, for Kinnebrew “it was about the ‘gives’ and ‘gets.’ I was able to give my experiences and insight, and I got others’ perspec- tives and learnings,” he said. He gained new personal perspective and learned the importance of being inspirational and creative when influencing a new network of professionals. “It has shown me that there is more that I have to offer to my peers and lead- ers. It has inspired me to push my peers to the levels they are capable of.”
“Tese courses are a must-have for my teammates. We do not know what we do not know if we are not exposed to the unknown,” he said. “Knowledge of self and the tools to develop are crucial for personal and professional development and the sharing of knowledge, how to be vulnerable and the value of being a sincere leader.”
Kinnebrew’s work is his passion. “You have to love what you do in order to accomplish a task; you have to look at it like a work of art. You fill your canvas, pour your heart into it and ensure there are no flaws,” he said. “If you do not totally love what you do, then you cannot possibly do your best work.”
When you love what you do, it shows. Kinnebrew’s enthusiasm for his role is obvious to those within and outside DOD. “When I tell people about military systems they have seen on the news or in the movies, the typical response is ‘Wow!’, because they can’t believe the high probability of my having a hand in the devel- opment, testing and fielding of the various warfighting vehicles, munitions, software and tools,” he said.
In the past four years, he said he has often found himself to be the most experienced member of his team when it comes to test and evaluation. “I have not only provided support and teaman- ship, but also became a mentor and coach to junior professionals,” Kinnebrew said. “I have also become a confidant and advisor to senior leadership across several testing organizations.”
Both in and outside of work, Kinnebrew is known for being highly motivated, in a constant state of learning and extremely competitive. “Tese are the basics for how I do business in my organization,” he said. “To ensure that I give 100 percent, all of these attributes are a must.”
—CHERYL MARINO
SIMULATED FLIGHT Kinnebrew in the cockpit of a CH-47 flight simulator at Army Test and Evaluation Command at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in April 2024. (Photo courtesy of Archie Kinnebrew)
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