I’ve been reading lately about the wars the United States has fought in my lifetime — and the ones we have, by most honest measures, lost. The pattern is not what you would expect from the most powerful military the world has ever seen. It is not that we lacked resources. We had more of them than anyone. It is not that we lacked will or training. Our military is amazing and powerful. We lost because we kept fighting the wrong battles the wrong way.

Pick any secular leadership podcast. Read any book on how to be a great leader. Follow any leadership guru. They all agree on one thing: efficient scalability is the key to growth. If you're not familiar with the term, scalability is...