Ant Sharman
@zeroecho.uk
Designs and delivers professional wargames and exercises at @evocatusuk.bsky.social. Part-time tank soldier, interested in decision-making and finding the middle ground. https://t.crdtg2.com/331727/5165?aff_sub5=SF_006OG000004lmDN
Just another reason to run exercises - explaining, exploring and learning to apply “the vision”…
Evocatus@evocatusuk.bsky.social · 2w agoThe UK has a new PM. Whatever your politics, the incoming leader inherits titanic problems and genuine dilemmas from day one. What carries any organisation through a change at the top is rarely the person arriving, but the shared picture of where it is heading when the plan meets reality.
If a game as simple and abstract as Association Football can offer decision-making at speed, trust and composure under pressure, just imagine what a game designed specifically around the needs of your organisation can do. Get in touch to talk about where you'd like to start.
Ten years ago, Evocatus was an idea, a logo and a conviction: that the skills of leading and training teams could be applied beyond defence. A decade on, that conviction still drives us, from cyber resilience to early life nutrition. Thank you to all who've come along. Here's to the next ten!
Branded dice trays have been a thing I wanted for @evocatusuk.bsky.social for a long time…resolved thanks to @stuartjwargames.bsky.social and his excellent signposting!
Combining this alongside access to Fable 5 feels like I’m being reeled in hard…
Every plan has two versions: the one on PowerPoint, and the one that happens under pressure. The gap is where things break. Run live exercises long enough and you learn it the hard way. What plan of yours looked great on a slide but was never tested?
Main character energy is assuming that the tube strikes landing every day I’m in town is just for my special benefit.
Roughly 80 Reform UK councillors have now departed - around 70 between the 2025 and 2026 elections, and a further 10 since 7 May this year. By-elections to replace them cost approximately £20,000 each. ➡️ Watch Page 94, the Private Eye podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaQ5...
All set for a day of Team Building and Analytical Development at Evocatus HQ tomorrow.
For me, holiday time=reading time. I don’t remember where I saw the signpost this marvellous book, but it feels a bit more likely that it was @bsky.app than @linkedin.com! Thank you @mikecollins.bsky.social and @markchilds.bsky.social for firing up so many synapses!
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Britain’s war hawks are very upset that Keir Starmer isn’t personally riding a bomb all the way to Tehran | Marina Hyde
Didn’t you know? True British patriots are the ones who want to join an obviously disastrous war on behalf of Israel and Donald Trump, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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Sunday afternoon on the Range Walks from Tyneham out to Kimmeridge and then back along the top.
Just finished Season 3, after coming to Richmond AFC very late, largely to just see more of the magnificent HW. Loved everything about this show - which really isn’t about football.
Imagine believing, and getting mad about, Somali daycare centers having contributed $35 million to the Democrats - a nonsensical, demonstrable, obvious lie. And yet some *billionaires* believed it and then spread the lie over on Twitter. Some of the richest people are some of the dumbest.
Socks and Spice take their responsibilities as the Greeting Team for Evocatus Hospitality very seriously. They know that they are responsible for making sure that our regulars keep coming back, whether they are the daily lunchtime walkers or just occasional visitors passing through.
The orange dice hanging in the cockpit of the Evocatus Hospitality tuk-tuk aren't just there as an excuse for more branding. They are there a reminder of how we approach our work. It's easy to reject dice and games as childish and unprofessional, but we find the reverse to be true.
A really fresh, special morning in the forest. The sun was low in the sky, lighting up the yellows and browns of horse chestnut against the pines, while the bracken and gorse were still in shadow. . And we had it all to ourselves. #raverun #forestrun #autumnrun
Nearly at the finish line on selling my house. If #AI means the end of conveyancers and estate agents tomorrow, it won’t be a moment too soon.
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