Women in Ground Close Combat: An opportunity
Recently an essay was published on this forum titled “Rethinking Women in Ground Close Combat“. The central argument seems to be that women are physically...
Category : People and Leadership
It’s time to stop “rethinking” women in Ground Close Combat
This article is a rebuttal to an opinion piece the Wavell Room previously published on women in Ground Close Combat Since 2016 the United Kingdom...
#WavellReviews An Army of Tribes: British Army Cohesion, Deviancy and Murder in Northern Ireland by Edward Burke
There are stories which need to be told, and not forgotten; because to withhold them warps the wider narrative of the whole conflict, and influences...
Flexible Working and Flexible Service – Turning Policy into Normality
How to embrace flexible working and benefit from the enforced changes that have been made due to Covid-19....
Let’s talk about sex.
There is a saying that ‘behind every great man is an even greater woman’, but who is behind every great woman? Recently, whilst researching Field...
Our Greatest Security Risk may be a Communications Failure
This article presents primary research conducted by Cast From Clay into the impact of story telling on defence communications,....
Time to face the music? The importance of self-awareness, empathy and classical music in retaining our cognitive edge.
Ed F explores how Defence might retain it's cognitive edge through self-awareness, empathy, and, rather surprisingly, classical music....
#WavellReviews ‘Forewarned: Tales of a Woman at War …with the Military System. Cockups, Conspiracies & Misogyny in the British Army’ by Diane Allen
On reflection, this is actually a book that should be read by those serving; I found it both fascinating and frustrating but also strangely compelling...
Diversity in the MOD: Poisoned Chalice or Golden Opportunity?
The Ministry of Defence has come a long way on diversity in a very short time. When I joined it as a young civil servant...
Communicate to Innovate – Positive Change in the Fire Service
Meaningful verbal communication is a rare art these days, a form of listening that we have somehow managed to devalue. In a world that sees progress...