May 285 minFrom ‘fail-safe’ to ‘safe-to-fail’Is it possible to reconceptualise the value of failure to the RAAF and its operational effectiveness? In this new #FailureWins post,...
May 111 minConference: Accelerating the Transition to a Networked, Integrated Force - Program and PresentationsAccelerating the Transition to a Networked, Integrated Force National Gallery of Australia 24 March 2022 Final Report Dr Robbin Laird...
Apr 307 minBook Review: How to Lead a Quest - and reframing the conversation of failureThrough this book review in support of our #FailureWins series, TCB editor Luke Webb explores Dr. Jason Fox’s book on How to Lead a Quest...
Apr 265 min“Australia is Facing its German Moment” - Dr Robbin LairdDr Robbin Laird 27 April 2022 At the Williams Foundation seminar on March 24, 2022, Peter Jennings, Executive Director of the Australian...
Apr 264 minLooking Back and Looking Forward: Shaping a Way Ahead for the Integrated Networked - Dr Robbin LairdDr Robbin Laird 27 April 2022 Interview with AIRMSHL Geoff Brown AO (Retd), Williams Foundation Chair The September 15, 2022 seminar to...
Apr 235 min#FailureWins: Is success or failure a scale?Is a culture where acceptance of failure is normalised one that will have a positive impact on ADF capability? Robert Vine argues that in...
Apr 209 minShaping a Way Ahead for the Networked Integrated Force: The Perspective of MARFORPACDr Robbin Laird 21 April 2022 LtGen Steven Rudder, Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific and Commanding General Fleet Marine...
Apr 1910 minShaping a Way Ahead for the Networked Integrated Force: An Italian Air Force PerspectiveDr Robbin Laird 20 April 2022 The Italian Air Force is part of the broader European defense transition in which the shift from the land...
Apr 1810 minShaping a Way Ahead for the Networked Integrated Force: A Royal Air Force PerspectiveDr Robbin Laird 19 April 2022 In his presentation to the Williams Foundation seminar held on March 24, 2022 which focused on...
Apr 22 min#FutureChiefs: Could AI fill the role of CAF?In this instalment of #FutureChiefs, Keirin Joyce (@keirinjoyce) questions if AI could fill the role of CAF - or is a hybrid affair the...
Mar 196 minHow can we improve the RAAF’s Officer Training System?Building a capacity for junior leaders to ask deep questions and possess a greater integrated view of Air Force specialisations is...
Mar 52 min#FutureChiefs: Future CAF – why blue?The Royal Australian Air Force is the principle air and space force of Australia, and yet each branch exclusively conducts its own air...
Feb 265 minFlying Camelot: the F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia [Book Review]Chris McInnes takes a look at Flying Camelot: the F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of the Fighter Pilot Nostalgia by Michael W....
Feb 163 minRemembering Brendan Sargeant: Australia’s Premier StrategistBy Robbin Laird FEATURED STORY Remembering Brendan Sargeant: Australia's Premier Strategist | Defense.info This is a piece I never wanted...
Feb 53 min#FailureWins - Call for submissions: Innovation, iteration, and lessons learned Failure carries a stigma. In mature cultures gripped by the Curse of Efficiency, failure is bad. Very bad. The learning derived from...
Jan 298 minAirpower, baby! How Air Force can unlock latent workforce capabilityIt’s no secret that people are the principal capability that keeps any organisation functioning and competitive. Ben Gray looks at Air...
Jan 2213 minA 'Scorched-Earth Orbit Policy' emerges from Indifference to Space Debris from ASAT missionsWith the Air Force’s Space Command going live this year, it’s worth kicking off 2022 with a timely piece by Air Force Reservist SQNLDR...
Jan 72 minConference Final Report: The Requirements of a Sovereign Defence Space Capability - Dr Robbin Laird Dr Robbin Laird, Conference: The Requirements of a Sovereign Defence Space Capability 1 December 2021: A Williams Foundation Special...
Jan 212 minThe ADF and the Australian Space EnterpriseDr Robbin Laird 2 January 2022 At the December 1, 2021, Williams Foundation seminar on shaping a way ahead for the Australian space...
Jan 27 minShaping an Australian Space Industrial Eco-System for Defence and SecurityDr Robbin Laird 2 January 2022 Sovereign Australian space requires an Australian industrial space eco-system to be shaped and enhanced....