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    From ‘fail-safe’ to ‘safe-to-fail’
    • May 28
    • 5 min

    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,...
    Book Review: How to Lead a Quest - and reframing the conversation of failure
    • Apr 30
    • 7 min

    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...
    #FutureChiefs: Could AI fill the role of CAF?
    • Apr 2
    • 2 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...
    How can we improve the RAAF’s Officer Training System?
    • Mar 19
    • 6 min

    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...
    #FutureChiefs: Future CAF – why blue?
    • Mar 5
    • 2 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...
    Flying Camelot: the F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia [Book Review]
    • Feb 26
    • 5 min

    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....
    #FailureWins - Call for submissions: Innovation, iteration, and lessons learned
    • Feb 5
    • 3 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...
    Airpower, baby! How Air Force can unlock latent workforce capability
    • Jan 29
    • 8 min

    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...
    Call for Submissions: #FutureChiefs
    • Nov 21, 2021
    • 1 min

    Call for Submissions: #FutureChiefs

    With senior leadership movements on the horizon within Air Force, we’re turning our attention to thinking about the role of its primary...
    Going Pro—The Profession of Arms and the Enlisted Aviator
    • Sep 25, 2021
    • 6 min

    Going Pro—The Profession of Arms and the Enlisted Aviator

    What does it truly mean to ‘go pro’? Warrant Officer David Turnbull dives into the concept of being a professional within Air Force and...
    Kobayashi Maru: Decision survivability & finding ways around the impossible - Chris McInnes
    • Aug 7, 2021
    • 4 min

    Kobayashi Maru: Decision survivability & finding ways around the impossible - Chris McInnes

    We welcome back multiple-time contributor Chris McInnes as he takes inspiration from Star Trek to advocate for decision-makers who can...
    All Teeth and No Tail – Evolving the Air Power Workforce
    • May 22, 2021
    • 8 min

    All Teeth and No Tail – Evolving the Air Power Workforce

    This week we welcome back Wing Commander David Hood to discuss how the Royal Australian Air Force can better engage the full spectrum of...
    The Right People in the Right Place at the Right Time
    • May 8, 2021
    • 6 min

    The Right People in the Right Place at the Right Time

    Not all motivations are the same. Corporal Dylan Williamson demonstrates the importance for supervisors, and the Australian Defence Force...
    Leading Edge – Australia’s air and space power in the next century
    • May 2, 2021
    • 8 min

    Leading Edge – Australia’s air and space power in the next century

    In this piece, multiple-time contributor Chris McInnes makes the argument that the RAAF must build the capacity and capability to lead...
    Effective risk management in an era of strategic competition: An alternative view
    • Feb 27, 2021
    • 8 min

    Effective risk management in an era of strategic competition: An alternative view

    This week The Central Blue editor, Wing Commander Ulas Yildirim, discusses risk management within the Australian Defence Force. The...
    Developing, retaining and re-investing talent in the Defence workforce
    • Feb 20, 2021
    • 7 min

    Developing, retaining and re-investing talent in the Defence workforce

    In her first post, Flight Lieutenant Samantha Hewitt delved into the merits a break in service can offer, and how to choose if this is...
    #AFSTRAT: Creative Forces – Concepts to Support Military Creativity – Chris Kourloufas
    • Nov 28, 2020
    • 12 min

    #AFSTRAT: Creative Forces – Concepts to Support Military Creativity – Chris Kourloufas

    The Air Force Strategy 2020 directs command teams to be novel, creative and think critically to challenge the status quo. This is necessary
    #AFSTRAT: Seeing the Bigger Picture: Developing Strategic Acumen in RAAF Personnel – Matt Kelly
    • Oct 24, 2020
    • 4 min

    #AFSTRAT: Seeing the Bigger Picture: Developing Strategic Acumen in RAAF Personnel – Matt Kelly

    The Central Blue welcomes first-time contributor Matt Kelly, who is the first to share his thoughts in The Central Blue’s latest series,...
    After the Merge – Marija Jovanovich
    • Sep 5, 2020
    • 6 min

    After the Merge – Marija Jovanovich

    2020’s time dilation makes Elon Musk’s comments about the end of the fighter jet era at February’s Air Warfare Symposium seem far more than

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