PME Prezi 2.0
Reading Time: < 1 minute BLUF: Click >here< or on the image above to access the PME Prezi. Grounded Curiosity is pleased to bring you the Professional […]
Clare O'Neill
Chief of Army Scholarship Program
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Chief of Army Scholarship Program reinforces Army’s intellectual foundation as an Army in Motion. Applications are due NLT 31 March 2020.
Your Guide to the Professional Military Development Network
Reading Time: < 1 minute A new version of the PME Prezi has been released – PME Prezi 2.0 – go to https://groundedcuriosity.com/pme-prezi-2-0/
#DEFAUS17 Videos – Session 5 – Innovation and Strategy – ‘Learn and Adapt but Still Lose’ – Professor Daniel Marston
Reading Time: < 1 minute Innovation and Strategy – ‘Learn and adapt but still lose’ – Professor Daniel Marston Daniel Marston BA MA (McGill) DPhil (Oxon.) FRHistS […]
#DEFAUS17 Videos – Sessions 3 & 4 – Practical Innovation
Reading Time: < 1 minute Group Captain Jerome Reid Jerome Reid is a self proclaimed disrupter and the new Director of the Royal Australian Air Force’s Plan […]
#DEFAUS17 Videos – Session 2 – Innovation and War – Why We Innovate, How We Fight and Ethics
Reading Time: 2 minutes Why We Innovate – Lieutenant Colonel Clare O’Neill Clare O’Neill is a Royal Australian Engineer and has been the Chief of Army […]
#DEFAUS17 Videos – Session 1 – Innovation and the Future Fight – Cyber, Artificial Intelligence and Gamification
Reading Time: 2 minutes Innovation and the Future Fight – Cyber, Artificial Intelligence and Gamification Cyber – Alastair MacGibbon Mr Alastair MacGibbon is the Cyber Security […]
#DEFAUS17 Videos – Welcome Address – Junior Leaders and Innovation – MAJGEN Rick Burr, DSC, AM, MVO
Reading Time: < 1 minute Welcome Address – Junior Leaders and Innovation by MAJGEN Rick Burr, DSC, AM, MVO Major General Burr is the Deputy Chief of […]
#DEFAus17 – Pragmatic Innovation for Military Strength
Reading Time: 2 minutes BLUF: Access #DEFAus17 Booklet here. Introduction – Who we are There is a culture of innovation and professional curiosity running through the veins of […]
The Postern Association – Framework (Part 4 of 4)
Reading Time: 3 minutes Thanks for the feedback so far on the Postern Association – it’s been a great response! We are very excited about the […]
The Postern Association – What’s In A Name? (Part 3 of 4)
Reading Time: 2 minutes There are many practicalities in choosing a name for a new association. Thankfully many smart minds were on hand from the DEF […]
The Postern Association – The Vehicles for Intellectual Mastery (Part 2 of 4)
Reading Time: 5 minutes “To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance […]
The Postern Association (Part 1 of 4)
Reading Time: 2 minutes This year a small and dedicated team of Australian Army personnel has been bringing together the DEF Australia activities. This team believes that professional […]
Information – DEF Aus: What You Need to Know
Reading Time: 7 minutes Short of time and can’t read the whole post? BLUF: Here is the DEF Aus Information Pack Here is where you can […]
Episode 5 – Brigadier Mick Ryan AM
Reading Time: 2 minutes This podcast features great insights from Brigadier Mick Ryan AM. The podcast begins with Brigadier Ryan discussing his roles in the Australian Army […]
Jonathan Church Award
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Chief of Army’s Jonathan Church Award is awarded annually to junior soldiers and officers who personify compassionate and ethical soldiering. The […]
Future Strategic Leaders Congress
Reading Time: 2 minutes Future Strategic Leaders’ Congress Interested in behind-the-scenes information on strategic affairs in our region? The Future Strategic Leaders’ Congress, run by the Institute […]
Case Study – Fulbright Scholarship
Reading Time: 8 minutes This post is written to provide both inspiration and also some of the practical realities about applying for prestigious academic scholarships. I acknowledge that this post will […]
Case Study – Chief of Army Scholarship
Reading Time: 5 minutes Background The best way I can describe the Chief of Army Scholarship (now called the Army Foundation Scholarship as part of the Chief […]
Episode 4 – David S. Maxwell
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chat with Dave Maxwell at Georgetown University to hear his thoughts on what the future holds for junior commanders. The podcast starts with […]
Episode 3 – T.X. Hammes
Reading Time: 2 minutes Discussion with T.X. Hammes at the National Defense University in Washington D.C including insights on broad spectrum bets for the future, structural […]
Episode 2 – David H. Ucko
Reading Time: 2 minutes David H. Ucko was interviewed at the National Defense University in Washington D.C. His latest book, co-authored with Robert Egnell, Counterinsurgency in […]
Episode 1 – Matthew Cavanaugh
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chat with Matthew Cavanaugh who was teaching the Military Strategy Course at the United States Military Academy West Point at the time. […]
Military Reading Lists
Reading Time: 2 minutes This post is from 2015. While there are still some useful links here, this post has been replaced by the PME Prezi. […]
For junior officers – who cares for your boss?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Junior officers know the ‘hurry up and wait’ phenomenon well. Common conversations during these delays range from the first thing you’ll eat […]
Using Social Media as a Junior Leader
Reading Time: 7 minutes Beginning-of-year mandatory briefs are filled with reminders of ‘what not to do’ from alcohol to safety. The social media brief usually delivers […]
Owning Your Professional Military Development – Junior Leaders
Reading Time: 5 minutes Doctrine Man recently penned the well-known military adage that “no one can manage your career better than yourself”. Deployments, top jobs and […]
Defining the Contemporary Veteran
Reading Time: 6 minutes This post was written on Anzac Day in 2014. It flows from thoughts following an Anzac Day Dawn Service in Townsville. Today […]
Lesson Report – Tale of Two Tarin Kowts – Adaptive Action and Critical Thinking
Reading Time: 8 minutes This vignette is from my deployments as a military engineer in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. I was an engineer with Australia’s Reconstruction Task […]
Lesson Report – Thinking on the Ground – Intellect, Strategic Perspective and Adaptability
Reading Time: 3 minutes This image was taken in Uruzgan Province during a patrol by Reconstruction Task Force personnel in 2008. The image depicts the thinking […]