Crisis Leadership

Crisis Leadership: Deciding When the Plan Breaks

Leadership when the plan stops fitting the facts. These pieces set out why most development builds recognition rather than adaptation, and how decision games rehearse judgement under pressure before a real crisis demands it.

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A facilitated group seated around tables, working through a scenario together

Crisis Leadership1 min read

Exercises Built to Pass: My RUSI Piece on How Joint Exercises Model Crises

Joint exercises assume a crisis arrives alone, is recognisable and ends on time. Compounded crises break all three. A summary of my RUSI Newsbrief article.

9 October 2026Read Article

Officers in a briefing room, the kind of setting where crisis plans are drawn up

Crisis Leadership1 min read

Nobody Owns a Seam: My Lowy Institute Piece on Singapore's Crisis Inquiries

Singapore's crisis inquiries fix the wiring. The failures sit between institutions, where nobody owns the fix. A summary of my Lowy Institute commentary.

29 September 2026Read Article

A military parade formation, standards drilled until they hold under pressure

Crisis Leadership2 min read

Can Decision-Making Under Pressure Be Trained?

The instinct says some people just have it. Two centuries of military practice say it can be trained. Most development trains the wrong part of the mind.

19 June 2026Read Article

A road toward mountains under a heavy sky

Crisis Leadership4 min read

How to Lead a Team Through a Crisis

In a crisis, your first job is to give the team one calm point to orient to while you work out what is happening.

5 June 2026Read Article