There is compelling evidence that ideas, people and thinking are decisive factors in combat and warfare. Peculiarly, Western militaries seem to sideline the intellectual development of their people and instead rely on the promise of technological revolution. We aim to help in redressing that balance by starting conversations that challenge orthodoxy, offer advice (on tactics, operational art and strategy), inform and educate. Not everyone likes this approach: It takes open minds, intellectual curiosity, and a pragmatic, realistic understanding of warfare.

The national security community contains military personnel, industry, politicians, diplomats, civil servants, scholars and academics, civil servants, and veterans. We stimulate challenging discussions for these audiences, engaging their intellectual curiosity to improve mental capacity, build resilience, and expanding thinking space. From this, better decision-making results under stress.

Professor Peter Roberts spent more than 20 years in the British military, serving all over the world and engaged with a variety of agencies and nations. He went on to become Director of Military Sciences at RUSI, a London based Think Tank, where he spent nearly a decade and remains a Senior Associate Fellow. Peter founded the company to serve the intellectual curiosity of the military and wider national security community. He likes a challenge, reading discordant thinking, visiting hot spots, and a bit of history: things he tries to keep at the heart of the company.