Serves as a how-to manual and syllabus for leaders to create and lead wardroom, ready room, and work centre discussion groups across the fleet to create a more educated and professionally engaged Navy and Marine Corps.

"Throughout the history of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, leading officers and strategists have advocated for formal colleges and schools for naval officers but have also made the case that true naval professionalism requires a career-long dedication to learning and to self-improvement. Developing the Naval Mind serves as a how-to manual and syllabus for leaders to create and lead wardroom, ready room, and work center discussion groups across the fleet to create a more educated and professionally engaged Navy and Marine Corps"--