How important is wisdom in today's military leadership?

The only thing that DOD has got right in the last 50 years is officer progression it's no longer about the job OR the mission it's about making stars and having a chest full of bullshit ribbons and medals that you get even though you are incompetent

Wisdom is when you know what is correct, true or right based on your common sense, drawn from your experiences and accumulated knowledge.
It is when you demonstrate intangibles such as leadership, confidence, initiative, problem solving, deliberate thought, and integrity.
For instance, you may not always be able see if an individual has leadership, but it is often and sadly very clear if an individual is lacking in the skills of a leader.
It's very important have wisdom and a duty to develop it in others.

Wisdom is huge and should always rank high with a military member. It is the ability to learn from situations, people and to know when to swallow your pride and rank and realize when another member that is perhaps lower ranked than you, has more experience in a given area and thus is wiser. It is one reason why green lieutenants were handed off to seasoned senior NCO's during wartime.

Sadly in today's military 'wisdom' is lacking and that goes from the top down as the military is and has changed and not for the better in a lot of cases and situations.

It used to be that when a troop messed up even badly, they were taken to the side, counseled, given their punishment and then retrained. Command had the wisdom to see and understand that shit happens and people screw up sometimes. Now we see too many that are separated for stupid things that in the past would have resulted in retraining and punishment. This is hurting us especially now that we are having a basic physical qualifications problem in that 70% of those that apply for military service are unfit.

We learn from other people’s wisdom .. garnered from their many years of service
And from those they have met (military and civilian). Sometimes a good head session brings out what has been learned from young troops as well as the senior troops... so giving mutual respect to different sources is good!

I see wisdom is a euphemism for experience, maturity and good judgement. The question should be, can these qualities be taught, or are they part of a person's personality many psychologists feel is developed by the age of six? If this is so, then psychological testing to reveal one's best qualities associated with "wisdom" should be done in conjunction with practical exercises and tests that reveal a person's ability to ACT with wisdom. I believe we need to be careful simply admitting those who test well academically into programs that develop leaders of any rank. Service academy entrance requirements attempt to do this, but a summer of leadership training aimed at revealing one's ability to PERFORM with wisdom should be included in order to screen out those who merely SEEM wise. Prove it. Hooah!

Wisdom CAN be taught AND it can be developed over time--the two notions aren't mutually exclusive.

Alas, in this day & age of political correctness, "safe spaces," and Tide pod-eating millennials, alas, wisdom and common sense are endangered species.

Wisdom is definitely developed by experience, unfortunately we aren't given the opportunity to grow and experience much. I have to agree with SSG Warren Swan. We are becoming risk averse and it's affecting the professional growth aspect of the force.

Wisdom is that inate factor that kicks in when the hair on the back of your neck warns you that fire and brimstone are about to wreck your day. Today’s Army IMHO are lead by bean counters who had a successful stint as a Recruiter and are conditioned to put unrealistic goals on others to punch their ticket.

Experience and wisdom often go hand-in-hand. “The school of hard knocks” teaches wisdom to the “humbled”.

IMHO, wisdom is a blend of formal education, experience, and common sense. The ratio of each varies from person to person. You can be light in one or two of those areas as long as you are strong in the other.....and still achieve wisdom. How important is it? It's everything.