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A Joint Headquarters that Embeds Collaboration?

PowerPoint Supporting Submission #22 to ICCRTS 26

Ben Heslop (includes verbal presentation)

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  • Ability to adapt command and control to suit the endeavour space.
  • Broadly, less or more delegation, versus less or more centralisation
  • Crafted as DIIPD:
    • decision, information, and interaction power distance

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Characterising Agile C2

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  • Fast tempo (often)
  • Exhaustion (often)
  • High complexity (often)
  • Multiple services/cultures
  • Physically co-located
  • Preponderance of higher ranks

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Characterising a Joint Headquarters

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Agile C2 in a Joint Headquarters

Joint characteristic

Ideal DIIPD

Why: requires…

Fast tempo

High

Role and task coordination

Exhaustion

High

Load reallocation

High complexity

Low

Diverse knowledge and local response

Multiple services/cultures

High

Centrally imposed, unifying culture

Physically co-located

Low

Less opportunity to interfere

Higher ranks

Low

Offset away from hierarchical preference