Five Top Tips: Surviving an Outer Office
You have just been posted to a new job which sees you working as part of an Outer Office. Did you know that your life...
Category : People and Leadership
A battlegroup commander’s perspective on battlegroup operations
I was lucky to have the privilege of commanding the 2nd Battalion of The Rifles for a deployment which ran from late August 2021 to...
Worm at the core of human security
There’s this idea, captured in terror management theory, that the unique awareness of our own mortality is the ‘worm at the core’ of the human...
Humility: The 7th Core Value?
“Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility” ~ Saint...
Leading the Cyber Battle
In comparing the career pathways of civilian and military cyber leaders what can we learn from both perspectives? BLUF: As the information and communication technologies...
Reserves – what are they good for?
Executive summary Successive independent reviews of Reserve Forces have sought to recommend an increase in capacity and adopt a more flexible approach to harnessing a...
Why ‘Good Enough’ Isn’t Good Enough: Abandoning Time-Based Promotions
“It is what it is” is one of the most harmful sayings in the British Army’s lexicon. Accompanied with a shrug of the shoulders and...
Are we all process monkeys now?
Do you spend your day answering emails, ticking off training objectives and signing forms, or are you pursuing organisational priorities and building valuable things? Much...
#WavellReviews “Peace, War and Whitehall: A Memoir” by Charles Guthrie
There is a strong theme of self satisfaction running through the text and a lack of real self reflection on failure. I finished the book...
The MoD is failing its people: what can be done?
I regularly speak with Service personnel and veterans who feel let down by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), whether in relation to housing, health care,...