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Smart but Not Smart Enough – When Having an Engineering Degree Doesn’t Cut It
This week, FLTLT Joshua Vicino asks the question – how can Defence maximise the brain power of its people with engineering degrees in a...
Jul 31, 20225 min read


#FutureChiefs – Future Air Force Technology Chief?
This week we return to one of our core writing themes for this year - #FutureChiefs. In this instalment, TCB editor Luke Webb explores a...
Jul 24, 20223 min read


From ‘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 29, 20225 min read


Conference: Accelerating the Transition to a Networked, Integrated Force - Program and Presentations
Accelerating the Transition to a Networked, Integrated Force National Gallery of Australia 24 March 2022 Final Report Dr Robbin Laird...
May 11, 20221 min read


Book Review: How to Lead a Quest - and reframing the conversation of failure
Through 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...
May 1, 20227 min read


“Australia is Facing its German Moment” - Dr Robbin Laird
Dr Robbin Laird 27 April 2022 At the Williams Foundation seminar on March 24, 2022, Peter Jennings, Executive Director of the Australian...
Apr 27, 20225 min read


Looking Back and Looking Forward: Shaping a Way Ahead for the Integrated Networked - Dr Robbin Laird
Dr Robbin Laird 27 April 2022 Interview with AIRMSHL Geoff Brown AO (Retd), Williams Foundation Chair The September 15, 2022 seminar to...
Apr 27, 20224 min read


#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 24, 20225 min read


Shaping a Way Ahead for the Networked Integrated Force: The Perspective of MARFORPAC
Dr Robbin Laird 21 April 2022 LtGen Steven Rudder, Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific and Commanding General Fleet Marine...
Apr 21, 20229 min read


Shaping a Way Ahead for the Networked Integrated Force: An Italian Air Force Perspective
Dr 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 20, 202210 min read


Shaping a Way Ahead for the Networked Integrated Force: A Royal Air Force Perspective
Dr Robbin Laird 19 April 2022 In his presentation to the Williams Foundation seminar held on March 24, 2022 which focused on...
Apr 19, 202210 min read


#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...
Apr 3, 20222 min read


How 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 19, 20226 min read


#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...
Mar 6, 20222 min read
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Flying 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 27, 20225 min read


Remembering Brendan Sargeant: Australia’s Premier Strategist
By Robbin Laird FEATURED STORY Remembering Brendan Sargeant: Australia's Premier Strategist | Defense.info This is a piece I never wanted...
Feb 16, 20223 min read


#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...
Feb 6, 20223 min read


Airpower, baby! How Air Force can unlock latent workforce capability
It’s no secret that people are the principal capability that keeps any organisation functioning and competitive. Ben Gray looks at Air...
Jan 30, 20228 min read


A 'Scorched-Earth Orbit Policy' emerges from Indifference to Space Debris from ASAT missions
With 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 23, 202213 min read


Conference 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 8, 20222 min read
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