#VicariousLearning
This article by Aussie's Mick Ryan illustrates a major challenge in modern militaries: that of 20/20 hindsight and forward-facing myopia.

New conflicts should not need a major arse-kicking to drive adaptation and learning...
#Adaptation #VicariousLearning

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Today, my new report on the systemic learning disorder in western military organisations - their inability to learn and adapt quickly from other people’s wars - is published by the Lowy Institute.

You can read the full report at the link below.
www.lowyinstitute.org/publications...
Modern war and the systemic learning deficit in Western military institutions
Battlefield evidence is everywhere. The will to act on it is the missing Western capability.
www.lowyinstitute.org
June 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
In particular, they highlight the need for more rapid, effective #vicariouslearning across locales to increase the spread of effective treatment practices (and curb the “reinvention” of ineffective ones). Really well thought-out and articulated piece.
January 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
As the world of work (for many of us) increasingly requires adaptive responses to unknown challenges in settings that are distributed (in geography, specialty, or interactivity), the practices these flight nurses use can be instructive for how we enact #vicariouslearning 4/🧵
January 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM