Wargaming has a Diversity Problem
Executive Summary Wargaming has a diversity problem: 98% white and male. I propose there are two ways that people engage with wargames: To dominate, to...
Category : People and Leadership
Trawls – The Power of the Military Volunteer in a Market Economy
Trawls – The Power of the Military Volunteer in a Market Economy The COVID-19 crisis demonstrated the power of the British Public to volunteer their...
Thinking like Sun Tzu – Part 1
This is the first in a 2-part series that aims to help people better understand and use a number of Sun Tzu’s aphorisms....
Neurodiversity in defence and a chaotic world
Defence has a reputation for recruiting from the same groups of people to achieve the same missions and has a blanket prohibition on the recruitment...
Building an Effective Indigenous Counter-Insurgency Force – Part 2
During their occupation of India, the British built one of the most effective indigenous military forces in history, the British Indian Army. This is not to...
Culture Eats Strategy: Personal Incentives Set the Menu
“Ideally all this should work beautifully and harmoniously…[E]verything is planned and anticipated in advance, there is simply no way for shortage to occur…[T]his isn’t the...
A culture of apathy and dishonesty within the British Army
I write this opinion piece from a position of fortune – I am lucky to be in a job where I work with, and lead, circa...
Leaders Need More Vertical Training
The British military would benefit from a fresh transformational approach to leadership development. A step-change in the development of leaders can be achieved through the...
Forming Square: Bullying and the MOD
This week was Anti-Bullying Week, organised by the Anti-Bullying Alliance to raise awareness of bullying between children and young people. However, it was the issue of workplace...
#WavellReviews ‘Mission Improbable: The Transformation of the British Army Reserve’ by Patrick Bury
‘Mission Improbable’ has been exquisitely researched. In places, its level of detail reminded me of reading Anthony Beevor’s Stalingrad....