Practical thinking on leadership — drawn from 20+ years leading Australia's most complex Defence programs.
By the time a program is formally acknowledged as distressed, the program owner is usually managing two problems at once: the program itself, and the loss of confidence among the bodies they answer to. Recovery is rarely a single corrective action. It is a structured reset of governance, technical truth, and decision-making discipline across the […]
Sovereign capability is most often discussed in the language of acquisition — platforms, facilities, and the transfer of technology and intellectual property onshore. That language is not wrong, but it describes the inputs to sovereignty rather than the condition itself. Sovereignty is not a state achieved at the point of materiel acceptance. It is the […]