Thread by @swardley

As I explained at #MapCamp ... the majority of Western executive functions are operating in landscape they do not understand. They are relying on the "market" as a substitute for awareness ->

https://twitter.com/POLITICOEurope/status/1580869643320799232

This problem is common across finance, retail, defence, agriculture, construction, healthcare, energy and almost every industry I have looked into.

The only landscapes we have a good handle on are territorial such as the theatre of air, sea, land and space which are related to territorial sovereignty.

When it comes to economic, political, cultural and digital sovereignty then we have poor awareness of their theatres ...

i.e. landscapes of both physical and digital supply chains exist but we have very poor awareness of this. At best we have bill of materials and vendor lists which is the equivalent of knowing how many trees and farms exist in the UK and a list of farmers and tree surgeons.

If I said to a General, "here is a count of trees and farms plus a list of farmers and tree surgeons .. go plan our defence" then I'm pretty sure they'd ask for a map of the landscape. We have none in physical and digital supply chains. No maps, no radars, no situation rooms etc.

Instead, we have a lot of outrageously confident people making significant decisions in landscapes they do not understand nor are aware of whilst invoking the power of a mythical "market" that will solve all our problems. This isn't just a Government problem, it's rife.

I don't care about private companies being led by the blind and regularly going under ... that's fine, that's commonplace and someone else will replace them.

Unfortunately, you can't afford to do this with Government nor with the Military which is why I'd like to see ...

... a complete ban on the use of management consultants or "business" people across all Military and Government functions including healthcare.

In general they do not provide any experience or situational awareness of value.