Ant Sharman
@zeroecho.uk
Designs and delivers professional wargames and exercises at @evocatusuk.bsky.social.
Part-time tank soldier, interested in decision-making and finding the middle ground.
Part-time tank soldier, interested in decision-making and finding the middle ground.
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We've decided to start publishing a newsletter, rather than trusting the algorithms to get our thinking in front of people who might be interested.
Monthly to start. First issue mid-September, on horizon scanning.
Sign up: evocatus.co.uk/newsletter/
#Wargaming #HorizonScanning
Monthly to start. First issue mid-September, on horizon scanning.
Sign up: evocatus.co.uk/newsletter/
#Wargaming #HorizonScanning
The Evocatus newsletter | Evocatus Consulting
Our monthly note on scenario work, decision-making under pressure and organisational learning, written by Ant Sharman. No cookies, no tracking, no sharing.
evocatus.co.uk
September 8, 2026 at 12:01 PM
We've decided to start publishing a newsletter, rather than trusting the algorithms to get our thinking in front of people who might be interested.
Monthly to start. First issue mid-September, on horizon scanning.
Sign up: evocatus.co.uk/newsletter/
#Wargaming #HorizonScanning
Monthly to start. First issue mid-September, on horizon scanning.
Sign up: evocatus.co.uk/newsletter/
#Wargaming #HorizonScanning
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Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University
youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI
youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI
September 3, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University
youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI
youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI
Always entertaining to see which bits of my carefully-drafted LinkedIn post Claudius chooses to keep!
"Why can't we just do this over Teams?"
A fair question. But our exercises are deeply human: communication, compromise, collaboration and coordination under pressure. Kolb's cycle needs reflection, not just experience, and a lot of that happens over coffee.
A fair question. But our exercises are deeply human: communication, compromise, collaboration and coordination under pressure. Kolb's cycle needs reflection, not just experience, and a lot of that happens over coffee.
August 27, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Always entertaining to see which bits of my carefully-drafted LinkedIn post Claudius chooses to keep!
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For the sixth year running, Evocatus is registered as a supplier on JOSCAR. As a Micro SME, answering questions written for corporate HQs in the context of our little organisation is a brilliant illustration of Work as Imagined against the range of Work as Done. #Wargaming
August 13, 2026 at 12:01 PM
For the sixth year running, Evocatus is registered as a supplier on JOSCAR. As a Micro SME, answering questions written for corporate HQs in the context of our little organisation is a brilliant illustration of Work as Imagined against the range of Work as Done. #Wargaming
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The Government has added new risks to the National Risk Register and told us to prepare for power cuts and extreme weather. A register names the risk; a plan only builds confidence once exercised. Which should your team warm up against?
#BusinessContinuity #Resilience #ContingencyPlanning
#BusinessContinuity #Resilience #ContingencyPlanning
July 30, 2026 at 12:02 PM
The Government has added new risks to the National Risk Register and told us to prepare for power cuts and extreme weather. A register names the risk; a plan only builds confidence once exercised. Which should your team warm up against?
#BusinessContinuity #Resilience #ContingencyPlanning
#BusinessContinuity #Resilience #ContingencyPlanning
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Four months of human plus machine at Evocatus: 1.63m words of working memory, a website brought in-house, and now a new pillar article. "Horizon Scanning: The Discipline of Keeping Watch". Please do give it a read. www.evocatus.co.uk/articles/hor...
https://www.evocatus.co.uk/articles/horizon-scanning/
www.evocatus.co.uk
August 4, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Four months of human plus machine at Evocatus: 1.63m words of working memory, a website brought in-house, and now a new pillar article. "Horizon Scanning: The Discipline of Keeping Watch". Please do give it a read. www.evocatus.co.uk/articles/hor...
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"I've made up my mind." At Arnhem in 1944, photos of German armour on the landing zones were explained away and the messenger sent home. Holmes's fifth disease of leadership: a mind closed by momentum. Exercises surface it while the cost is still rehearsal.
#Leadership #Wargaming
#Leadership #Wargaming
August 6, 2026 at 12:01 PM
"I've made up my mind." At Arnhem in 1944, photos of German armour on the landing zones were explained away and the messenger sent home. Holmes's fifth disease of leadership: a mind closed by momentum. Exercises surface it while the cost is still rehearsal.
#Leadership #Wargaming
#Leadership #Wargaming
24 hours in #Edinburgh - what is it with the traffic cones?!
July 21, 2026 at 1:25 PM
24 hours in #Edinburgh - what is it with the traffic cones?!
Just another reason to run exercises - explaining, exploring and learning to apply “the vision”…
The UK has a new PM. Whatever your politics, the incoming leader inherits titanic problems and genuine dilemmas from day one. What carries any organisation through a change at the top is rarely the person arriving, but the shared picture of where it is heading when the plan meets reality.
July 21, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Just another reason to run exercises - explaining, exploring and learning to apply “the vision”…
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If a game as simple and abstract as Association Football can offer decision-making at speed, trust and composure under pressure, just imagine what a game designed specifically around the needs of your organisation can do.
Get in touch to talk about where you'd like to start.
Get in touch to talk about where you'd like to start.
July 16, 2026 at 6:45 AM
If a game as simple and abstract as Association Football can offer decision-making at speed, trust and composure under pressure, just imagine what a game designed specifically around the needs of your organisation can do.
Get in touch to talk about where you'd like to start.
Get in touch to talk about where you'd like to start.
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Ten years ago, Evocatus was an idea, a logo and a conviction: that the skills of leading and training teams could be applied beyond defence. A decade on, that conviction still drives us, from cyber resilience to early life nutrition. Thank you to all who've come along. Here's to the next ten!
June 30, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Ten years ago, Evocatus was an idea, a logo and a conviction: that the skills of leading and training teams could be applied beyond defence. A decade on, that conviction still drives us, from cyber resilience to early life nutrition. Thank you to all who've come along. Here's to the next ten!
TankFest 2026 - all the Challengers together
June 28, 2026 at 9:26 PM
TankFest 2026 - all the Challengers together
Branded dice trays have been a thing I wanted for @evocatusuk.bsky.social for a long time…resolved thanks to @stuartjwargames.bsky.social and his excellent signposting!
June 14, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Branded dice trays have been a thing I wanted for @evocatusuk.bsky.social for a long time…resolved thanks to @stuartjwargames.bsky.social and his excellent signposting!
Combining this alongside access to Fable 5 feels like I’m being reeled in hard…
June 11, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Combining this alongside access to Fable 5 feels like I’m being reeled in hard…
14 legs out on today’s run in the forest
June 9, 2026 at 12:45 PM
14 legs out on today’s run in the forest
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Every plan has two versions: the one on PowerPoint, and the one that happens under pressure. The gap is where things break. Run live exercises long enough and you learn it the hard way. What plan of yours looked great on a slide but was never tested?
June 9, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Every plan has two versions: the one on PowerPoint, and the one that happens under pressure. The gap is where things break. Run live exercises long enough and you learn it the hard way. What plan of yours looked great on a slide but was never tested?
Main character energy is assuming that the tube strikes landing every day I’m in town is just for my special benefit.
June 2, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Main character energy is assuming that the tube strikes landing every day I’m in town is just for my special benefit.
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Roughly 80 Reform UK councillors have now departed - around 70 between the 2025 and 2026 elections, and a further 10 since 7 May this year. By-elections to replace them cost approximately £20,000 each.
➡️ Watch Page 94, the Private Eye podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaQ5...
➡️ Watch Page 94, the Private Eye podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaQ5...
May 21, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Roughly 80 Reform UK councillors have now departed - around 70 between the 2025 and 2026 elections, and a further 10 since 7 May this year. By-elections to replace them cost approximately £20,000 each.
➡️ Watch Page 94, the Private Eye podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaQ5...
➡️ Watch Page 94, the Private Eye podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaQ5...
New @evocatusuk.bsky.social Gizzits for DSET ‘26 have arrived!
May 16, 2026 at 11:30 AM
New @evocatusuk.bsky.social Gizzits for DSET ‘26 have arrived!
All set for a day of Team Building and Analytical Development at Evocatus HQ tomorrow.
May 6, 2026 at 9:21 PM
All set for a day of Team Building and Analytical Development at Evocatus HQ tomorrow.
For me, holiday time=reading time. I don’t remember where I saw the signpost this marvellous book, but it feels a bit more likely that it was @bsky.app than @linkedin.com!
Thank you @mikecollins.bsky.social and @markchilds.bsky.social for firing up so many synapses!
Thank you @mikecollins.bsky.social and @markchilds.bsky.social for firing up so many synapses!
April 13, 2026 at 10:59 AM
For me, holiday time=reading time. I don’t remember where I saw the signpost this marvellous book, but it feels a bit more likely that it was @bsky.app than @linkedin.com!
Thank you @mikecollins.bsky.social and @markchilds.bsky.social for firing up so many synapses!
Thank you @mikecollins.bsky.social and @markchilds.bsky.social for firing up so many synapses!
Sunday afternoon on the Range Walks from Tyneham out to Kimmeridge and then back along the top.
February 1, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Sunday afternoon on the Range Walks from Tyneham out to Kimmeridge and then back along the top.