The Voice of the Memorial: Interviewing Matthew Anderson
Reading Time: 7 minutes Founded in 1941 by Charles Bean, the latest custodian of the Australian War Memorial (AWM) is Matthew Anderson, PSM who was announced in […]
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A Career in the Foreign Service: Interviewing Matthew Anderson
Reading Time: 10 minutes Director of the Australian War Memorial (AWM) since April 2020, Matthew Anderson, PSM had a distinguished career with the Department of Foreign […]
Tiny Leadership Tales
Reading Time: 2 minutes “Be grounded by what we are good at – exceptional leadership and passing on these leadership skills to Army’s next generation.” – […]
The David Kilcullen Interview: Serving in a Peacetime Army
Reading Time: 5 minutes This is Part II of an interview with David Kilcullen. Find Part I here. David Kilcullen is Professor of International and Political Studies […]
The David Kilcullen Interview: An Afghan and Iraq War Retrospective
Reading Time: 6 minutes David Kilcullen is Professor of International and Political Studies at UNSW Canberra, Professor of Practice at Arizona State University, and CEO of […]
Book Review – Freedom, by Sebastian Junger
Reading Time: 3 minutes “it takes a veering route, up & backwards, overshooting & correcting, back down again south & west, crossing its own earlier path, […]
Book Review – How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie
Reading Time: 2 minutes Drawn from the Centre for Australian Army Leadership reading list and The Busy Platoon Commander’s Reading List, this book reminds me of John Carter. […]
An Interview with James Kidd: Defence Advisor at the Australian High Commission in Port Moresby
Reading Time: 3 minutes Samuel Cox (SC): What does the role of a Defence Advisor (DA) in a High Commission entail? James Kidd (JK): I consider the High […]
Fitting the ADF Values into your Training Programme as a Junior Leader
Reading Time: 4 minutes At the time the Australian Defence Force (ADF) announced it was dissolving individual service values and uniting the Army, Navy and Air […]
Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer
Reading Time: 3 minutes Drawn from the Centre for Australian Army Leadership reading list, you’ll find this book a refreshing change if you want professional development […]
Junior Leader Professional Military Education
Reading Time: 7 minutes The following is compiled from our 10in10 series. Those interviewed were asked to recommend accessible content from any medium for the professional development of […]
Understanding Mission Command
Reading Time: 7 minutes Mission command is a philosophy for command and a system for conducting operations that is widely understood within the Australian Army to […]
An Interview with Sean Parkes: The Logic of Good Soldiering
Reading Time: 3 minutes Samuel Cox (SC): Can you give me the BLUF (bottom line up front) of Good Soldiering? Sean Parkes (SP): Good Soldiering promotes an enduring culture […]
An Interview with Robin Smith: Robotic and Autonomous Systems
Reading Time: 3 minutes Samuel Cox (SC): Can you give readers the elevator pitch for the Australian Army’s Robotic and Autonomous Systems (RAS) Strategy? Robin Smith (RS): The RAS […]
An Interview with Scott Holmes: Human-Machine Teaming
Reading Time: 4 minutes Samuel Cox (SC): Can you give readers the bottom line up front (BLUF) about the Soldier Combat System Program and the Australian […]
An Interview with Ken Espiritu
Reading Time: 3 minutes On the sidelines of #DEFAUS19, we caught up with Sergeant Ken Espiritu who pitched “Machine Learning and promotion boards”. Samuel Cox (SC): […]
An Interview with Jemma King: Behavioural Psychology
Reading Time: 4 minutes Samuel Cox (SC): Can you tell readers about your work with Army? What is it you teach to give soldiers an edge? […]
An Interview with Lyndal Thompson: MakerSpace for the Australian Army
Reading Time: 3 minutes Samuel Cox (SC): What is a MakerSpace? What activities occur? What problem is it intended to solve? Lyndal Thompson (LT): MakerSpace has come […]
An Interview with Adam Hepworth: An Operations Research Systems Analyst
Reading Time: 3 minutes Samuel Cox (SC): How does a Transport officer end up an Operations Research Systems Analyst (ORSA)? Is your career replicable for others who […]
An Interview with Jacob Greenberg and Bryce Kendall-Robertson: Gamified Exploitable Box
Reading Time: 4 minutes On the sidelines of #DEFAUS19, we caught up with SIG Jacob Greenberg, 138th Signal Squadron (Melbourne), and SIG Bryce Kendall-Robertson, 7th Signal […]
An Interview with Anthony Rawlins: Deputy Chief of Army
Reading Time: 4 minutes Samuel Cox (SC): What does the Deputy Chief of Army (DCA) do? Are there any issues/programs you are taking ownership of addressing/delivering during your […]