Intelligence · Leadership · Field

The journal
of the special forces
of the economy

Special Forces methods, decision-making under pressure, field leadership: ARXIBALD's reflections.

Summer reading: Turn the Ship Around
Summer reading · Leadership

Summer reading: Turn the Ship Around

How David Marquet, commanding officer of the USS Santa Fe, turned the worst crew in the US Navy into one of its best: give control to create leaders.

One Man In by Christian Craighead: deciding alone, under pressure
Leadership · Reading

One Man In: Christian Craighead’s leadership lesson

Nairobi, 2019: one man's decision to protect civilians. What One Man In teaches about decision-making and leadership.

Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek: the Circle of Safety
Leadership · Reading

Leaders Eat Last: why the best leaders eat last

Simon Sinek's Circle of Safety: why the best leaders serve themselves last, and how trust drives a team's performance.

Mann Gulch: the leadership lesson of a tragedy
Leadership · Command

Mann Gulch: the leadership lesson of a tragedy

Leadership is not finding the solution alone at the worst moment. What the 1949 Mann Gulch tragedy teaches about leadership, trust and command.

Six Special Forces principles for deciding and leading
Special Forces

Six Special Forces principles for deciding and leading

The backbone of the ARXIBALD doctrine: six universal principles of leadership and decision-making, augmented by artificial intelligence.

Training surfer leaders: leading in the wave of crises
Leadership · Complexity

Training surfer leaders

After McChrystal's 'gardener leader', it is time for the 'surfer leader': leading in the wave of crises. ARXIBALD's view, from Biarritz.

Make your bed to change the world: McRaven's lesson
Leadership · Discipline

If you want to change the world, start by making your bed perfectly

Admiral McRaven's lesson: make your bed every morning, the first victory that builds discipline. A parallel with Generation Z, signed ARXIBALD.

How do you get ordinary individuals to do extraordinary things?
Leadership

How do you get ordinary individuals to do extraordinary things?

The exceptional is not a matter of human material, but of method. Three principles inherited from the founders of the modern special forces concept.

We are hiring : PhDs who can win a bar fight
Recruitment

We are hiring : PhDs who can win a bar fight

ARXIBALD is recruiting its facilitators: the rigour of a PhD, the nerve of someone who can win a bar fight. To train leaders.

The F3EAD loop: Find, Fix, Finish, and then?
Decision-making

The F3EAD loop: Find, Fix, Finish, and then?

Find, fix, finish: most organisations stop there. The decisive advantage lies in the second half of the loop.

How Special Forces decide in 90 seconds under pressure
Decision-making

How Special Forces decide in 90 seconds under pressure

Elite units act with certainty amid uncertainty. Here is how to transpose their decision method into your leadership-team meetings.

Leading and deciding: what Special Forces teach us
Leadership & AI

Leading and deciding: what Special Forces teach us

Artificial intelligence is entering organisations like a new team member. What rules of engagement should apply?

Resilience under pressure
Resilience

Next-generation resilience: overcoming stress in a world accelerated by AI

Hyperconnectivity, cognitive overload, real-time decision-making... The Special Forces have developed precise protocols. A breakdown.

ARXIBALD Biarritz seminar
Seminars

Why Biarritz has become the capital of premium corporate seminars

Between ocean and mountains, the Basque Country offers an exceptional setting for learning that sticks. A field account.

La méthode OODA appliquée au management
Decision-making

The OODA loop: observe, orient, decide, act

Colonel Boyd designed this loop for fighter pilots. Today it applies to management. Here is how.

Leader Training Course
Leadership

The Leader Training Course: when the obstacle reveals the leader

A fundamental military exercise, transposed to the business field. An immersion story.

David Stirling
Special Forces

David Stirling and the "Who Dares Wins" principle: foundations of exceptional management

In 1941, Stirling invented the modern Special Forces. 80 years later, his principles remain the most effective for leading amid uncertainty.

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