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sorensjogren, 9 months ago to random Danish

🔔 New article: War, PowerPoint, and hypnotised chickens

How would decision-making in your organisation look if PowerPoint was forbidden?

👉 PowerPoint is not a neutral tool. It forces reality into bulleted lists, pre-arranged templates, and 20-minute briefings.

This was a big issue in the late '00s. General Mattis declared that:

💬 "PowerPoint makes us stupid".

Today, PowerPoint is relatively widespread. Find my analysis of PPT driven operations here (open access): https://tidsskrift.dk/encounters/article/view/139807

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sorensjogren, 9 months ago to random Danish

🔔 New article: What we disagree about when we disagree about doctrine

Doctrine is a central component of military efficiency. However, military practitioners disagree on how to interpret and use it. I have mapped out those differences in this article published in the Journal of Strategic Studies.

👉 Find the article here: https://lnkd.in/enVY6tH6 (access via your institution or DM me for a pre-print version)

The doctrinal matrix as it appears in the article "what we disagree about when we disagree about doctrine"

sorensjogren, 10 months ago to random

How do we preserve humanity in an age of autonomous weapons systems? Great 40 min discussion on applied ethics with S. Kate Devitt here in #WhatIsWar: https://thedeadprussian.libsyn.com/episode-112-on-russias-war-the-dead-prussian-0?tdest_id=337617

My two cents: (1) how can we hold people accountable, and (2) how can we trust such systems?

(1) We have fielded autonomous systems (humans) and human-machine teams (the tank and its crew) for ages. And while no one might be directly responsible 1/2

sorensjogren, 10 months ago to random

One of the most commonly held beliefs in military thinking is of war’s enduring nature vs its changing character often attributed to Clausewitz. The problem with this idea is two-fold (1) arguments hinting at a changing nature (think much of the new war scholarship) can be dismissed since war’s nature cannot change and (2) it opens the door for positive (and enduring) knowledge about that nature. Clausewitz would certainly have denied that. Practical info in the first comment.

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sorensjogren, 1 year ago to random

🎉 I am exited to learn that my article on command has found its way onto the popular articles list with the Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies. It great to know that it is read while I am working to finish the rest of the #PhD thesis. It’s free #OA / #OpenAccess here: https://sjms.nu/articles/10.31374/sjms.146 #phdlife

sorensjogren, 1 year ago to random

Vacant position as a war game designer with the Royal Danish Defence College.

Come work with us in developing future leaders. War gaming is a relatively new thing. We have of course done exercises and simulations but there is an unexplored potential here. You will be based in Copenhagen but English is the working language in the centre. Speaking Danish is not a requirement.

https://karriere.forsvaret.dk/job/opslag/?vacantPositionId=182725&mediaId=4681 #wargame

sorensjogren, 1 year ago to random Danish

"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity," General Patton.

Mission command is NATO's command philosophy. Commanders describe what needs to be done and then leave the execution to empowered subordinates. And this approach is certainly not limited to the military domain.

In our next webinar on command, we explore mission command with Niklas Nilsson from the Swedish Defence College.

Learn more and sign up:
https://events.fak.dk/practisingmissioncommandthecaseoftheswedisharmy