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#WavellReviews ‘Adaptation under Fire: How Militaries Change in Wartime’ by Lt. General (Ret’d) David Barno and Nora Bensahel.

The Wavell Room TeamJanuary 14, 2021January 10, 2021

by The Wavell Room TeamJanuary 14, 2021January 10, 2021039

This book offers significant context and substance to our collective understanding of military change and how we conceptualise adaptability. Its clarity and purpose is refreshing...

Let’s talk about sex.

KatieSeptember 13, 2020October 6, 2020

by KatieSeptember 13, 2020October 6, 20200850

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...

People and Leadership Short Read

Communicate to Innovate – Positive Change in the Fire Service

Georgina GIlbertAugust 13, 2020August 2, 2020

by Georgina GIlbertAugust 13, 2020August 2, 20200656

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...

PME, Defence and the need for Reform

Dr Mike ClarkAugust 11, 2020August 2, 2020

by Dr Mike ClarkAugust 11, 2020August 2, 20200843

Professional Military Education makes more of a strategic contribution to UK Defence than is commonly realised. Due to an historic lack of direction at the...

Opinion Short Read

What is PME Anyway?

Dr Mike ClarkAugust 4, 2020August 2, 2020

by Dr Mike ClarkAugust 4, 2020August 2, 202001237

A rose by any other name: Professional Military Education (PME) has become increasingly salient in UK Defence thinking in recent years. It is also big...

The United States Marine Corps is Changing. Why Should we Care?

Jack SenoglesApril 21, 2020April 20, 2020

by Jack SenoglesApril 21, 2020April 20, 202002718

The USMC is changing and the reforms offer an insight into US strategic policy making. Why should the UK care about it?...

Short Read

Organisational Learning Culture: A changing paradigm

Daniel PhillipsApril 2, 2020March 29, 2020

by Daniel PhillipsApril 2, 2020March 29, 202001275

Education has always been a hot topic within a military context, with an ever-increasing need to ensure that soldiers maintain their ‘intellectual edge’. This has...

Long Read

Insights, external networks, Innovation, and Reservists

ChrisJanuary 23, 2020January 22, 2020

by ChrisJanuary 23, 2020January 22, 202001282

In his 2018 address, the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) asked Defence ‘to stimulate innovation’ and ‘transform to be more agile’. Post this, you can’t move for in the...

Virtual War – Welcome to the Revolution

Martin CrillyOctober 29, 2019December 4, 2019

by Martin CrillyOctober 29, 2019December 4, 201901447

New technologies are changing the world in unexpected ways as the 4th Industrial Revolution now gets underway. But how will the spectrum of conflict different...