Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Decision Making

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  1. Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:25:28The information task of a good admiralQ&A
  2. Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)
    31:00Electoral incentives and defence underfundingNotable Point
  3. Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)
    2:01:39Demonstrating procurement requirements instead of merely asserting themQ&A
  4. Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:14:27Why Britain cannot trade land procurement for naval procurementQ&A
  5. Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:09:56How familiarity with a supplier can affect procurement judgmentsNotable Point
  6. Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:29:38Why diplomatic models need human psychologyNotable Point
  7. An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?
    8:52Clear command authority kept decisions movingNotable Point
  8. Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order
    54:46A proposed reason for six Ps instead of sevenQ&A
  9. The Leadership of Santa & The Trauma of 12 Days of Christmas
    13:23See the pieces behind the big pictureChapter
  10. The Leadership of Santa & The Trauma of 12 Days of Christmas
    14:03Lists, context, and the unwritten pictureChapter
  11. Chatting Books, Amazon & Youtube with Glynn Stewart: #2historians #scifi
    46:08Fiction makes explicit what historians must inferChapter
  12. Chatting Books, Amazon & Youtube with Glynn Stewart: #2historians #scifi
    1:16:34Trust, loyalty, and the limits of hard-decision cynicismChapter
  13. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…
    11:00Why troops need political context in the fieldQ&A
  14. Historians: Knowledge vs Wisdom debate
    1:41Historical analysis tests new solutions against past failuresChapter
  15. Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...
    1:25:30Tradition can be turned into an ambushNotable Point
  16. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:37:43Operation Medusa and the staff method of presenting three choicesQ&A
  17. The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory
    56:55Brueys reports his weakness but does not change the fleet's positionNotable Point
  18. Why Historians make great & terrible customers
    1:14Testing sales claims against evidenceNotable Point
  19. Why Historians make great & terrible customers
    1:54Multiple quotes and fit-for-purpose choicesNotable Point
  20. Historian why study History?
    0:00Learning from earlier mistakes and ideasChapter
  21. Historian why study History?
    1:47Small decisions and long-term consequencesNotable Point
  22. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    1:42:26Strategic desperation encouraged intelligence target fixationNotable Point
  23. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    2:08:52Nagumo's tactical skill did not fit strategic commandNotable Point
  24. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    2:13:10Midway's leadership lessons: information, timing, and doctrineChapter
  25. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    2:16:20Rearming against the reconnaissance clockNotable Point
  26. Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?
    1:21:00Scheer was a capable leader more than an original strategistChapter
  27. Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic
    13:52A steamer rescue and Jellicoe's calculated courageNotable Point
  28. Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic
    1:16:51Analytical leadership under the fog of warNotable Point
  29. What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?
    9:58What makes a good managerChapter
  30. What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?
    30:41An officer must judge when to lead and when to delegateChapter
  31. Britannia Naval College: Evolution of Education & Cradle of Leadership
    32:45Critical thinking beyond learning by roteNotable Point
  32. General George S. Hammond USAF: A Science Fiction Flag/General Officer who lives up to the rank!
    25:30How a general's staff turns argument into a decisionChapter
  33. General George S. Hammond USAF: A Science Fiction Flag/General Officer who lives up to the rank!
    39:14Family as a commander's private moral testNotable Point
  34. General George S. Hammond USAF: A Science Fiction Flag/General Officer who lives up to the rank!
    1:07:04Leaders must accept honest specialist pushbackNotable Point
  35. Admiral James Somerville: Communicating a Command Apprenticeship
    1:15:15Somerville learned high command by carrying information upwardChapter
  36. John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…
    39:58Reconstructing decisions from incomplete battle recordsNotable Point
  37. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    1:08:42HMS Albatross and the politics of making the caseChapter
  38. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    1:10:20Persuasion and bias can explain puzzling historical decisionsNotable Point
  39. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    1:13:37Merchant-hull dependence exposes the preparation gapNotable Point
  40. Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command
    39:29Naval command fuses technical possibility with human judgmentNotable Point
  41. Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command
    1:06:58Conflict management asks both what can be done and what should be doneNotable Point
  42. Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 5
    1:50:07Naval policy needs evidence deeper than headlinesChapter
  43. Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 4
    1:18:21Why a contemporary error can remain valuable evidenceNotable Point
  44. The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 7
    11:47Fatalism helps explain Japan's choice for warNotable Point
  45. Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed
    4:08:23How to judge wrongful punishment in a navyQ&A
  46. If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike
    1:15:32How to test alternative surprise attacksNotable Point
  47. When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion
    57:44Authoritarian efficiency can be misleadingNotable Point
  48. When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion
    1:06:07Replacement timing is an uncertainty problemNotable Point
  49. Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner
    1:05:33War is not a mathematical certaintyNotable Point
  50. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 2
    1:54:36Overconfidence turns an even battle into a defeatNotable Point
  51. Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)
    15:10From intelligence reports to a tactical playbookNotable Point
  52. Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)
    30:40A floor plot recreates uncertainty at seaNotable Point
  53. Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)
    58:29Which wargaming medium best supports learning?Q&A
  54. Timberborne: A Test for Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game' (2nd Edition)
    1:12:14Why foreknowledge changes the future it predictsNotable Point
  55. Timberborne: A Test for Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game' (2nd Edition)
    1:54:00Technical possibility is not the same as sensible designNotable Point
  56. Timberborne: A Test for Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game' (2nd Edition)
    2:09:23Teaching no-win decisions through abstraction and historyNotable Point
  57. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 5(March 2023)
    2:38:18Acting before every uncertainty is resolvedNotable Point
  58. Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class
    55:43Singapore, command structure, and wartime decisionsNotable Point
  59. Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?
    2:28:12When does an admiral's ego become an operational problem?Q&A
  60. Battle of Navarino (1827)
    26:29Authoritarian courts need protected dissentNotable Point
  61. Epic Blunders of Naval History
    1:13:49No planner controls every actor or deliveryNotable Point
  62. Abruzzi Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina
    37:37Data and bias shape naval-history judgmentsNotable Point
  63. Battle of Arausio (105BC): Rome's Second Great Loss & the Reforms it Led to
    41:19Why Caepio may have attacked during negotiationsNotable Point
  64. Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again
    37:00Avalon's commander accepts risk that only specialists can manageChapter
  65. Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...
    2:23:27Leadership includes building the right leadership teamChapter
  66. Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet
    48:24How familiar exercise patterns can mislead officersQ&A
  67. Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today
    1:48:46Why admirals rarely chose to return to captainQ&A
  68. Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today
    1:53:34Jack O'Neill and command decisions informed by expertsNotable Point
  69. Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today
    2:29:47How leaders recognize the limits of their abilityQ&A
  70. Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises
    2:01:20Why sound advice can fail to become policyNotable Point
  71. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    5:34AI and the speed of hypersonic engagementsNotable Point
  72. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    32:58Wright's rule-bound style meets a fluid night battleNotable Point
  73. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol
    8:33Napoleon's naval blind spotNotable Point
  74. Battle of Kentish Knock (8th of October 1652)
    2:54:26Command requires confidence, but defeat recasts it as arroganceNotable Point
  75. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 2/4
    38:13How reciprocal misperception turned decisions into escalationNotable Point
  76. Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.
    3:30:56Why naval histories foreground commandersQ&A
  77. Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW2
    2:49:21Historical analysis works through choices inside their constraintsNotable Point
  78. Battlestar Galactica - Bilgepumps Trailer
    1:12Can military AI cope with human chaos?Notable Point
  79. Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/2
    6:45Machine-learning speed and pilot instinctNotable Point
  80. Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/2
    11:26Training data, blind spots, and novel threatsNotable Point
  81. Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy
    1:56:40Why command culture must allow decisionsNotable Point
  82. Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy
    2:15:06Flexible command includes knowing when to obeyQ&A
  83. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    3:03:05Using counterfactual history to study strategyNotable Point
  84. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    41:24Counterfactual history as branching contingencyNotable Point
  85. An Introduction to From the Sea... How Navies Influence Land Campaigns.
    1:12:58Civil, military, and diplomatic voices shaped the crisisNotable Point
  86. An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"
    46:18PQ 17 and the danger of worst-case assumptionsNotable Point