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Is CGS really humble enough to allow true challenge?

Is CGS really humble enough to allow true challenge?

Even the best leaders need candid challenge. It is their responsibility to create the conditions for this to flourish.
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What would Hack do?

What would Hack do?

Col David Hackworth is not a perfect role-model, but he offers lessons for today’s risk-averse, zero-defect leadership climate
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Army fitness tests to be lowered for women?

Army fitness tests to be lowered for women?

There’s no proof yet, but the signs are ominous
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These crazy politics matter for the British Army

These crazy politics matter for the British Army

The leftward shift in parts of the electorate has dangerous implications for the British Army; Jonathan Haidt’s recent work points to why.
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Call to action: share your leadership stories

Call to action: share your leadership stories

The next generation of soldiers need to hear how it’s done.
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Narratives are a cancer

Narratives are a cancer

We need to kill off the use of narratives and start telling the unvarnished truth.
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Ghost Fleet: get ready for war with China

Ghost Fleet: get ready for war with China

A new novel imagines what a naval war with China could look like
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A different kind of late-entry officer

A different kind of late-entry officer

McChrystal suggests recruiting senior civilian leaders as generals
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Good execution is deeply tedious

Good execution is deeply tedious

The British Army is not very good at executing.
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The perils of intuition

The perils of intuition

A better rule of thumb might just be to ignore your intuition altogether
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David Cameron disdains you

David Cameron disdains you

If you care about defence spending, then Cameron thinks you’re stupid, self-serving, or not important.
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Dominic Lawson is wrong about defence spending

Dominic Lawson is wrong about defence spending

Targeting 2% of GDP is completely arbitrary … but when you’re falling out of a tree you should grab any branch you can.
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Women in the infantry: do not conflate COIN and high-intensity warfare

Women in the infantry: do not conflate COIN and high-intensity warfare

High-intensity warfare demands high standards and a macho warrior culture—but the advent of women in the infantry need not damage these.
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Women in the infantry: response to Brown and King

Women in the infantry: response to Brown and King

In the absence of real data, at least bring a good argument
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Announcement of 77 Bde: how not to do comms

Announcement of 77 Bde: how not to do comms

The irony of the PSYOPS and media experts completely blowing it
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Army should be ready for a new Op BANNER … in London

Army should be ready for a new Op BANNER … in London

The odds of The Troubles repeating on the mainland are not zero, and they are growing, so the British Army should be prepared.
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There is a danger of over-intellectualising war

There is a danger of over-intellectualising war

The myth of the iconoclast exceeds their actual impact
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Our culture of cracking on must be tempered

Our culture of cracking on must be tempered

The British Army must celebrate its disruptive thinkers.
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I have two questions on Army 2020

I have two questions on Army 2020

Who red-teamed the reserves concept? And who is going to be held accountable for it?
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The US military is getting serious about innovation, and we better keep up

The US military is getting serious about innovation, and we better keep up

Where will the UK find its “third offset” thinking?
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Allowing women into the infantry is a mistake

Allowing women into the infantry is a mistake

The infantry is too important for social engineering
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Peter Thiel takes on John Boyd

Peter Thiel takes on John Boyd

Peter Thiel and John Boyd offer different perspectives on the nature of strategy
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Toolbox: fix your culture

Toolbox: fix your culture

Good leaders regularly — and consciously — intervene to shape their organisation’s culture
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Prepare to make a predatory leap — in spite of defence cuts

Prepare to make a predatory leap — in spite of defence cuts

Jonathan Shaw has some ideas for the SDSR, but is not optimistic. That shouldn’t stop us from perparing to make a “predatory leap”
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It never occurred to us we’d have no troops in Iraq

It never occurred to us we’d have no troops in Iraq

Jack Keane shares his wisdom — and implicitly takes Obama to task
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