Ready for a Fight? 5 Provocations for Change
Warfare is changing faster than our military and our military-industrial approach. The warnings of world leaders, including the Prime Minister and Chief of the General...
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War’s Changed Landscape – How has War changed?
War’s changed landscape – how modern war has changed. Available here from Howgate Publishing For Defence and Security practitioners, engaging in academic debate about their...
Glacial Process Integrating Women
BLUF: The British Army’s strategy for the integration of women is outdated, ineffective and requires a radically different approach. The British Army is trying. The...
Culture: addressing Apathy and Dishonesty within the British Army.
Last year I wrote a Wavell Room article titled ‘A Culture of apathy and dishonesty within the British Army’. It was met with mixed reviews, whilst it...
Podcast with Prof Peter Roberts RUSI – Innovation and Defence’s Language of Change Ep 1
[00:00:00] [00:00:00] This podcast series is sponsored by the British Army Innovation Team. This team is set up to encourage and facilitate innovation across the...
#WavellReviews ‘Adaptation under Fire: How Militaries Change in Wartime’ by Lt. General (Ret’d) David Barno and Nora Bensahel.
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.
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...
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...
PME, Defence and the need for Reform
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...
What is PME Anyway?
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...