A discussion with Major General Karl Engelbrekston, former chief of the Swedish Army who retired in Jun 2023. Command and control is clearly different when operating in environmental and geographic extremes; the High North (well inside the Arctic Circle) exemplifies those conditions. How to command and how to exercise control over military forces in those extremes leads to an interesting conversation about the realities of delegation and empowerment. Given Karl's experiences with multi-national forces too, there are some interesting take aways from this discussion that get to heart of modern C2. Most usefully, this conversation allows us to hold a mirror to some of the rhetoric about contemporary and future C2 made in other military circles. Sobering stuff.
Naval C2
Not the Heroic Model of Decision-Making
Delegation to the point of discomfort
The Devolution of Command
Air C2
NATO C2: How to improve
JADC2: A primer
Question time
Confidence and The Initiative
AI in C2
Familiarity ≠ Trust
A New Orders Process
What makes a great commander?
Adaptation under fire
The Quest for Certainty
The big questions: What's it all about, why is it important, and why now?
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