Design in Civvies: The Promise of Creating Degrees of Freedom in Government
2 June 2017
Author: Alex Ryan Abstract: Both military and civilian design can be measured by the degrees […]
A Personal Reflection on Introducing Design to the U.S. Army
4 November 2016
See Original post: https://medium.com/the-overlap/a-personal-reflection-on-introducing-design-to-the-u-s-army-3f8bd76adcb2 In this blog, I explain how I accidentally became involved in […]
Countering Insurgency and the Myth of “The Cause”
1 April 2015
Abstract: It is possible for an insurgency to develop from a single cause, for the […]
Applications of Complex Systems to Operational Design
1 July 2011
Author: Alex Ryan Abstract: Simon distinguished between the declarative logic of the natural sciences, concerned […]
Military Applications of Complex Systems
3 June 2011
Author: Alex Ryan Abstract: This chapter presents the science of complex systems that had a significant […]
The Foundation for an Adaptive Approach: Insights from the science of complex systems
1 April 2009
Author: Alex Ryan Abstract: Many who have studied the issue agree that warfare is becoming more […]
The Art of Design: A Design Methodology
1 April 2009
Author: Stefan J. Banach & Alex Ryan Abstract: The purpose of this article is to describe a […]
Adapting C2 to the 21st Century: Operationalising Adaptive Campaigning Topics
1 June 2007
Author: Alex Ryan Abstract: For highly complex missions, it is not realistic to expect to […]
About the bears and the bees: Adaptive responses to asymmetric warfare
1 July 2006
Author: Alex Ryan Abstract: Conventional military forces are organised to generate large scale effects against […]
Hybrid Complex Adaptive Engineered Systems: A case study in defence
1 April 2004
Author: Alex Ryan Introduction Excerpt: While the beginnings of understanding warfare as a complex adaptive systems […]
Designing Complex Adaptive Systems for Defence
22 October 2003
Author: Alex Ryan Abstract: The complexity of defence systems has grown rapidly in recent years and […]