New Chapter for Propel Her Aus
Reading Time: 2 minutes After three years of sharing women’s stories and insightful conversations, it is time for a new chapter. Propel Her Aus co-founders, Shamsa […]
Grounded Curiosity
1 Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery Reading List
Reading Time: 8 minutes Artillery Reading List for the intellectual component of fighting power and to learn lessons from others’ experiences.
Tiny Leadership Tales: ‘If I Care About My People’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bite sized leadership lessons, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words In 2018, I learned the power of authenticity. I […]
Tiny Leadership Tales: ‘When No One Is Watching’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bite sized leadership lessons, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words An SGI at RMC-D, nearing four decades on this […]
Tiny Leadership Tales: ‘You Can Be Right And Be A Jerk’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bite sized leadership lessons, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words To be right, or nice? I have asked myself […]
Tiny Leadership Tales: ‘Leadership KISS’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bite sized leadership lessons, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words I remember once being told by my old corporal […]
Tiny Leadership Tales: ‘No Effect Without Respect’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bite sized leadership lessons, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words Would it help? We have all experienced our fair […]
Tiny Leadership Tales: ‘Elegantly Simple Words’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bite sized leadership lessons, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words Priming is a phenomenon where introduction to a certain […]
Tiny Leadership Tales: ‘I Set My Jaw’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bite sized leadership lessons, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words The Greatest Weapon – Mom I used positional/personal power […]
Tiny Leadership Tales: ‘Right Wheel, Continue The Wheel’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bite sized leadership lessons, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words Most days we pounded the hot pavement seemingly only […]
Tiny Leadership Tales: ‘Delivering Speeches Like General Patton’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bite sized leadership lessons, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words Fatigue will break metal. Fatigue is defined as weakness caused […]
Call for Submissions: Robotics and Autonomous Systems 2040
Reading Time: 3 minutes How will the future Australian Defence Force (ADF) exploit robotic and autonomous systems (RAS) to gain and maintain advantage across the spectrum […]
Chief of the Defence Force Fellowship
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Chief of the Defence Force Fellowship supports innovative research and applications are due 30 April 2020.
Army Foundation Scholarship
Reading Time: 2 minutes BLUF: The Chief of Army Scholarship Program reinforces Army’s intellectual foundation as an Army in Motion. Applications are due NLT 31 March 2020. General […]
GC Partner – The Bookshelf
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Bookshelf is curated by Jess Ward and is a channel for military, history, fiction, biography and leadership book reviews. Continued personal and professional development is the backbone of this channel. We look forward to hearing from you about the books you are reading and learning from your reviews!
Grounded Curiosity – 2018 To Date – #ChallegeTheAccepted
Reading Time: < 1 minute In March of this year Grounded Curiosity announced new opportunities in 2018. This posts updates you on the progress so far. 1. […]
Who we are
Reading Time: < 1 minute Challenge the accepted – Grounded Curiosity is dedicated to the professional development of military personnel across all ranks and experience levels. We seek to promote discussions that will best prepare our people for the future.
Writing Guidelines
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hints and tips on how to write and submit to Grounded Curiosity.
Our origins – What’s in a name?
Reading Time: < 1 minute Curiosity can breathe fresh ideas into a stagnant organisation and underpins our ability to adapt faster than the enemy. Looking ‘ground up’ links tactical action to strategy, while being ‘grounded’ also implies that disruptive ideas are nuanced with practical realities.
About – Podcasts & Videos
Reading Time: < 1 minute Curiosity functions best collectively. These podcasts and videos aim to share the ideas gleaned from insightful scholars, commanders and practitioners in the […]
Acknowledgements
Reading Time: < 1 minute Grounded Curiosity would like to acknowledge the work of past team members who have volunteered their time, energy and experience to grow […]
Contributing Authors
Reading Time: 2 minutes Grounded Curiosity is pleased to recognise our Contributing Authors
Gareth Rice
Reading Time: < 1 minute Gareth is a serving Australian Army Officer and Associate Editor at Grounded Curiosity. He spends much of his spare time conducting research […]
Nick Alexander
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nick is a current serving Australian Army Officer. A self-proclaimed geek and physiotherapist by trade, Nick is passionate about the future fight, technology, and the art of developing intellectually and physically resilient soldiers in order to be ready for the challenges that lie ahead.
Chris Bulow
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chris is an Associate Editor at Grounded Curiosity and a currently serving Australian Army officer. Building on a multi-discipline engineering background, his […]
Chris Sharp
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chris Sharp is a Cavalry Warrant Officer in the Australian Army. He is invested in leadership and developing Senior NCO intellectual capacity. Through […]
James Davis
Reading Time: < 1 minute James Davis dabbles in Grounded Curiosity, as an occasional author, thinker and helper. Reads about war and fighting. Australian Rules Football Tragic. […]
Clare O’Neill
Reading Time: < 1 minute Clare is the Founder of Grounded Curiosity and the Defence Entrepreneurs Forum Australia, an innovation forum for junior leaders. Clare is an Engineers Australia Fellow, member of the Military Writers Guild and alumnus of the AALD’s Young Leadership Dialogue. Clare O’Neill has been the Chief of Army Scholar and a Fulbright Scholar at Georgetown University.
GC partners – Dan Cox and Bruce Stanley
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Art of Strategy is curated by Dan Cox and Bruce Stanley who have two decades of collective experience teaching military officers from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines at the US Army School of Advanced Military Studies.