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Technology & Innovation

Innovation Management: Embracing the Fantastic to Get the Military Moving in New Directions
March 04, 2025 AEST
Innovation Management: Embracing the Fantastic to Get the Military Moving in New Directions
Ben Zweibelson

This paper challenges traditional military thinking by advocating the need for a multi-paradigmatic perspective, embracing complexity, and recognising the inevitability of failure in the non-linear process of military innovation.

Risk Management or Risk Myopia: Changing the Acquisition Risk Management Mindset of the Australian Defence Force
November 20, 2024 AEST
Risk Management or Risk Myopia: Changing the Acquisition Risk Management Mindset of the Australian Defence Force
David Hood

The paper examines military acquisition processes and articulates how managers could embody a strategic risk management mindset to ensure acquisition risks are managed for rapid delivery of minimum viable capabilities.

Beating a Dead Horse: How Institutions Perpetuate Concepts Into Irrelevance
September 30, 2024 AEST
Beating a Dead Horse: How Institutions Perpetuate Concepts Into Irrelevance
Ben Zweibelson

This paper discusses: (1) how militaries preserve past practices at the expense of innovation; and (2) the need to shift military culture that values imagination over adherence to outdated norms.

Application of Printed Electronics in Guided Explosive Ordnance Systems
July 25, 2024 AEST
Application of Printed Electronics in Guided Explosive Ordnance Systems
Nicholas KanizajDominic Santilli

This article reviews the potential use of printed electronics for rapid development of a manufacturing capability to supplement the domestic manufacture of guided weapons and explosive ordnance.