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Think Before You Act

Richard Martin October 29, 2017 No Comments

By Richard Martin The ongoing saga in Catalonia is an excellent illustration of how crucial it is to consider a range of scenarios before implementing

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Readiness Is Also About Seizing Opportunity

Richard Martin October 22, 2017 No Comments

By Richard Martin There has been a lot of chest thumping and ink spilled in recent days about the announcement that Airbus and Bombardier Aerospace

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Culture Is Key by Richard Martin (Canadian Defence Review February 2017)

Richard Martin October 17, 2017 No Comments

Here’s the link to my February 2017 column on Defence Leadership or download as PDF.

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How to Assess Threats

Richard Martin September 24, 2017 No Comments

I’ve been answering questions lately (from my daughters, among others) about the threat of war, specifically nuclear war. This obviously comes from the worries about North Korea’s nuclear capabilities and intentions, as well as American ones.

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I’m Too Busy to Plan

Richard Martin March 5, 2017 No Comments

I’ve often heard this ridiculous statement, inside and outside the military: “We can’t take time to strategize and plan; we’re too busy right now.”

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Improve Readiness Through Conflict

Richard Martin February 12, 2017 No Comments

Readiness depends on considering varied points of view, a range of scenarios, especially ones you don’t like or fear, and a willingness to look at the consequences, negative and positive, of your future decisions and actions. If you can count on the loyalty, integrity, and collegiality of your closest advisors and subordinates, then you have a great start on generating the range of understandings and options to propel your state of readiness to higher and more sustainable levels.

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Changing Perspective

Richard Martin February 5, 2017 No Comments

Always look at your situation from your enemy’s point of view. What is his objective? What is he trying to achieve? How is he likely to move and manoeuvre? What are his concerns and weaknesses? What are his strengths? You can apply this not only to an enemy, but also to a potential ally or any of the numerous stakeholders and bystanders on the modern battlefield.

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All Weather Leadership (for when the going gets tough)

Richard Martin December 5, 2016 No Comments

I’ve developed the Leadership Action Framework to improve the understanding of the leadership environment and the roles of leaders before, during and after an event or crisis.

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No Plan Survives Contact with Reality

Richard Martin October 31, 2016 No Comments

  Step 6: War game your options against your opponents’   The first 5 steps of the Business Readiness Process have given us a comprehensive

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Time spent in reconnaissance is rarely wasted

Richard Martin October 17, 2016 No Comments

The aim of reconnaissance is to generate mission and goal focused intelligence. In other words, you don’t just go off willy nilly trying to figure out what is happening and what the conditions you’re likely to face are.

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