Konference (deltagelse)
Harvard University (United States, Cambridge)
03/11/2022–05/11/2022The Program on Science, Technology & Society at Harvard University celebrates its 20th Anniversary November 3-5, 2022 with a symposium on Science, Technology & the Human Future
Konference (deltagelse)
08/09/2022–08/09/2022There is a view that Land HQs have become too large & cumbersome where they are too slow to plan, delivering large, long sets of orders far too late. Why this is bad? How did we get here? What can be done about it? Dr Storr will discuss this tragic evolution.
Konference (deltagelse)
01/11/2021–02/11/2021Fighting Bureaucracy: Creativity, Military Doctrine, and the Next Meeting in 30 Minutes
Military organisations need instability to spark creative thinking. Three options exist mavericks inside the organisation, charismatic commanders on top, or outsiders. Military doctrine, especially at the higher levels, tends to be descriptive. But doctrine carries truisms that underpin military thinking: linear planning, subjectification to strategy, and categories such as war’s immutable nature vs changing character. At the same time, descriptive doctrine runs on prescriptive processes. Dress codes aside, military headquarters tend to look a lot like other public bureaucracies. Warfare in the military staff is morphed into a continuous cycle of battle rhythms, briefings, and emails. The cost of this necessary standardization and bureaucratization might be solutions that are not sufficiently sensitive to the operational or the political environment. This talk draws attention to how this is negotiated inside the warfighting bureaucracy.