Creating internal dilemmas: The Gendering of Grey-Zone Warfare
“Russia’s hybrid attacks against NATO look like war”, writes Deborah Haynes for Sky News. She is referring to grey-zone warfare, attacks that sit under the...
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Diversity, Innovation, and Canned Soup.
In light of a number of somewhat braying articles in the mainstream media suggesting excessive ‘wokeism’ is rife within the military, it seemed an opportune...
Lacking: Perspective, Diversity, Long-Term Planning… and Vets
As a veterinarian by trade, my recent deployment on a United Nations (UN) operation in a non-clinical linguist and liaison role was eye-opening. It was...
#WavellReviews “Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking” by Matthew Syed
If the British Army is as serious about cognitive diversity as it claims to be, it almost certainly needs to delve much deeper into what...
Jacket and Tie…Or Female Equivalent
Imagine your workplace dress regulations, now go back in time to the early 1900s. The British Army has made great progress towards gender equality and...
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BLUF: The British Army’s strategy for the integration of women is outdated, ineffective and requires a radically different approach.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...
International Women’s Day 2021 – Wavell Room #choosetochallenge
International Women’s Day (IWD) 2021 seeks to inculcate a global challenge culture and raise awareness of the problems that still exist for women. In Defence,...
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...
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...
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...