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Abstract This article 1 argues that thinking is more difficult than we might imagine. Explaining the purpose of thinking and examining some of the issues we all face, the author concludes that the Army has problems with thinking. We must address issues with the way we think as individuals, in teams and organisationally if the Army is to become truly adaptive. ... there are no positions in Army or the NAG [non-Army Group] that list critical thinking skills as either a desirable or mandatory requirement. 2 …
Lieutenant Colonel Richard King is an Ordnance Corps officer and is currently the SO1 Thinking Skills Projects in Headquarters Forces Command. He worked in the private sector from 1998 to 2003 and has been researching and teaching ‘thinking skills’ since 1998. He is a graduate of the Royal Thai Army Command and Staff College and holds a Master of Management Studies (in Economics). Lieutenant Colonel King is the desk officer for the ‘Towards a “Smarter” Army’ initiative. … Richard …
Abstract Afghanistan is an increasingly complex environment set to test our traditional approaches to planning and problem solving. With an evolving commitment, an ambitious force development plan up to 2030 and competing demands, there is a need for planners from all services to consider more innovative and adaptive approaches to mission planning. This article offers a few thoughts based on the author’s experience in Afghanistan to aid in stimulating new approaches to both this and future operational …
Lieutenant Colonel Brett Chaloner is a member of Special Operations Command. He served in Afghanistan in 2006 as the Plans Officer for the Special Operations Task Group. He has fulfilled other operations planning roles in Iraq, as an embedded officer in the United States and within the domestic security environment. … Brett …
Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Paul Scharre W.W. Norton , 2023, 473 pp Hardcover ISBN 9780393866865 Paperback ISBN: 9781324074779 REVIEWED BY: John Nash There are few hotter topics in military and strategic studies (and economics, technology, and more) than artificial intelligence (AI). Like with all new technology, commentary runs from the hyperbolic to the scornful. Finding the true promise is often difficult, and perhaps especially so with as polarising a technology as AI, not least …
