Culture Eats Strategy: Personal Incentives Set the Menu
“Ideally all this should work beautifully and harmoniously…[E]verything is planned and anticipated in advance, there is simply no way for shortage to occur…[T]his isn’t the...
Tag : leadership
A culture of apathy and dishonesty within the British Army
I write this opinion piece from a position of fortune – I am lucky to be in a job where I work with, and lead, circa...
Leaders Need More Vertical Training
The British military would benefit from a fresh transformational approach to leadership development. A step-change in the development of leaders can be achieved through the...
Forming Square: Bullying and the MOD
This week was Anti-Bullying Week, organised by the Anti-Bullying Alliance to raise awareness of bullying between children and young people. However, it was the issue of workplace...
Company Command – Tea, Toast and Tactics with Ash
Grab a cup of tea, pop some toast on and get ready to get talk tactics with us. We know you love reading about strategy,...
Podcast with Brigadier Sara Sharkey (Head Application Services and DevOps at Defence Digital)
On 25 September 2020, the Wavell Room interviewed Brigadier Sara Sharkey (Head Application Services and DevOps at Defence Digital) who talked to us about her...
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...
#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...