Day One attending the McCain Conference 2026 at the U.S. Naval Academy today — "The Military Profession in an Era of Great Power Conflict."
Proud to be here representing the Leadership Institute Royal Navy 🇬🇧 alongside our allies and partners at one of the most consequential military ethics conferences of the year.
The highlight of the day: Gen. Dan Caine, 22nd Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivering the keynote on great power conflict challenges. A remarkable leader who carries a notebook everywhere, every day, with the express intention of capturing leadership insights; over 100 journals and counting. A strikingly magnanimous person.
A powerful day of panels covering the issues that will define the next era of warfare:
- Preserving legal manoeuvre space in large-scale combat ops
- Supreme emergency & conscription
- Nuclear deterrence & ending war
- Military AI & super soldiers and the sobering reality of the AI kill chain. The future of human judgement in warfare has never been more uncertain or more important.
Conversations that matter, with the people shaping the future of the military profession.
@royalnavy@usnavy@royalmarines #mccaininstitute #usnavalacademy #leadership #warfare #royalnavy
When your family gets you the best birthday gift — an Onoto fountain pen.
These pens were the personal choice of Sir Winston Churchill, lovingly and quintessentially British.
@onotopens #onoto #fountainpen #churchill
Joined the Higher Command and Staff Course (HCSC) to brief on chronic vs acute stress and strategies to regulate it for sustained access to higher cognition.
In high-stakes leadership environments, the difference between effective decision-making and cognitive overwhelm often comes down to understanding stress physiology.
#Leadership #Resilience #StressManagement #emotionalintelligence #military
Great day yesterday, graduating PhD from the University of Glasgow.
Amazing to have my wife and dad mind my peaked cap whilst I don the Tudor bonnet.
#phd #graduation #universityofasgow #royalmarines #royalnavy
Leadership and Artificial Intelligence at Chatham House with the Centre for Army Leadership (CAL) at Chatham House Rules—so no details, but watch this space.
#chathamhouse #Leadership #AI #Defence #ArmyLeadership
#royalnavy #royalmarines #britisharmy @royalmarines@britisharmy@royalnavy@armyleadership
Honoured to present my Royal Navy-sponsored PhD thesis to the First Sea Lord and the Commandant of CTCRM.
Grateful for the opportunity to contribute to human performance and emotions research with the support of the Royal Navy.
This work advances the RN and Commando Forces' approach to emotional intelligence and emotional regulation strategies under acute and chronic stress—supporting personnel operating in demanding environments.
You can find it here: /id/eprint/85373
#EmotionalIntelligence #LeadershipDevelopment #NoLimits #RoyalMarinesCommando #RoyalMarines #RoyalMarinesCharity #RoyalNavy #CTCRM #PhD #UofGlasgow #TeamUofG #AdamSmithBusinessSchool #UofGASBS #HumanPerformance #MilitaryPsychology #Defence #PerformanceUnderPressure
@commandotrainingcentre@royalmarines@royalnavy
I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Honorary research fellow at the University of Glasgow @uofglasgow@uofgasbs #research #academia #emotionalintelligence
A proud moment at Commando Training Centre Royal Marines to see the inaugural implementation of TKS, the product of my PhD and the work of @dr.jemma.king ! It’s incredibly rewarding to see the application of research to enhance the performance of those undertaking the most demanding roles. #stress #emotionalintelligence #emotionalregulation #emotional #royalmarines #royalnavy @royalmarines@commandotrainingcentre@royalnavy
#CurrentsofChange: New Horizons in Systemic Risk Symposium
The last couple of days I have enjoyed the privilege to participate in the Accelerator for Systemic Risk Assessment (ASRA) conference about systemic risks - how to understand them and how to respond. I joined 250 world leading experts from about 50 nations - and Sir Ben Okri OBE (a truly inspirational and convincing story teller) at Chateau Les Fontaines. Very dynamic discussions about the urgency to deal with and manage multiple, concurrent crises that demands collaborative action today.
#risk @sirbenokri@asranetwork
Delighted to announce that I’ve passed my PhD viva!
By God’s grace and with the amazing support of my most amazing wife @mitchhan family, friends, I’m through the process. Special thanks to my supervisors Ros Searle and Matt Offord for their mentorship and guidance, “the pen is mightier than the sword…….sometimes”. 🎓
Special thanks also to the @royalnavy and @royalmarines for having the foresight to support this research; and, to all the many members who made things happen to ensure this research was realised.
To @dr.jemma.king for allowing me to bring alive The King Strategy (TKS) of emotional regulation. Hard data fully supports that TKS will transform how our Armed Forces personnel will emotionally regulate under pressure.
#PhD #emotionalintelligence #emotionalregulation #viva #research
#royalmarines #royalnavy
Thanks to the @uniofqld for allowing me to present my research conducted with the @royalmarines at the @commandotrainingcentre .
Really great crowd: @ashkanasy , Caroline Knight, Marissa Edwards, @dr.jemma.king , and Ree Jordan
Thanks as always to @uofglasgow@uofgasbs , Ros Searle and Matt Offord CMBE for guiding the process!
#PerformaceUnderPressure
#phd
#research
#emotionalintelligence
#emotionalregulation
#royalnavy
#royalmarines
