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Evocatus @evocatus.co.uk · 08/09/2026

We've decided to start publishing a newsletter, rather than trusting the algorithms to get our thinking in front of people who might be interested. Monthly to start. First issue mid-September, on horizon scanning. Sign up: evocatus.co.uk/newsletter/ #Wargaming #HorizonScanning

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Our monthly note on scenario work, decision-making under pressure and organisational learning, written by Ant Sharman. No cookies, no tracking, no sharing.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 27/08/2026

Always entertaining to see which bits of my carefully-drafted LinkedIn post Claudius chooses to keep!

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Evocatus @evocatus.co.uk · 13/08/2026

For the sixth year running, Evocatus is registered as a supplier on JOSCAR. As a Micro SME, answering questions written for corporate HQs in the context of our little organisation is a brilliant illustration of Work as Imagined against the range of Work as Done. #Wargaming

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Evocatus @evocatus.co.uk · 30/07/2026

The Government has added new risks to the National Risk Register and told us to prepare for power cuts and extreme weather. A register names the risk; a plan only builds confidence once exercised. Which should your team warm up against? #BusinessContinuity #Resilience #ContingencyPlanning

The cover of the 2026 UK National Risk Register, showing a flooded road, with traffic cones and a "Road Closed" sign in the water in the foreground and a presumably abandoned white van in the background.

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Evocatus @evocatus.co.uk · 04/08/2026

Four months of human plus machine at Evocatus: 1.63m words of working memory, a website brought in-house, and now a new pillar article. "Horizon Scanning: The Discipline of Keeping Watch". Please do give it a read. www.evocatus.co.uk/articles/hor...

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Evocatus @evocatus.co.uk · 06/08/2026

"I've made up my mind." At Arnhem in 1944, photos of German armour on the landing zones were explained away and the messenger sent home. Holmes's fifth disease of leadership: a mind closed by momentum. Exercises surface it while the cost is still rehearsal. #Leadership #Wargaming

A black and white photograph showing a StuG III surrounded by a resting crew, taken on the outskirts of Arnhem during Operation Market Garden.

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 31/07/2026

But yes, the algorithm sucks!

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 31/07/2026

Hi Rex. FWIW, I’m increasingly thinking that @bsky.app is the place where wargamers can talk about things in the way we did on X a decade ago. And as a relatively rare “commercial” wargamer developing private sector work, LinkedIn is how I remind my network of the applications of wargaming.

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 25/07/2026

Thanks, George. IMHO, it was over a long time ago…

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 21/07/2026

24 hours in #Edinburgh - what is it with the traffic cones?!

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 21/07/2026

Just another reason to run exercises - explaining, exploring and learning to apply “the vision”…

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Evocatus @evocatus.co.uk · 16/07/2026

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.

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Evocatus @evocatus.co.uk · 30/06/2026

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!

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 28/06/2026

TankFest 2026 - all the Challengers together

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 14/06/2026

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!

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 11/06/2026

Combining this alongside access to Fable 5 feels like I’m being reeled in hard…

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 09/06/2026

14 legs out on today’s run in the forest

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Evocatus @evocatus.co.uk · 09/06/2026

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?

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 02/06/2026

Main character energy is assuming that the tube strikes landing every day I’m in town is just for my special benefit.

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 29/05/2026

That is genuinely excellent.

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 29/05/2026

Friday Evening in Dorset

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 28/05/2026

Amazing! Stealing this.

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 25/05/2026

Enjoying it so far…and I know it’s a bit more work on @buffer.com but it would be much appreciated if you would signpost your guests who have a @bsky.app channel in your adverts! I’ve done this one for you: @tinabrownlm.bsky.social

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

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...

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 16/05/2026

New @evocatusuk.bsky.social Gizzits for DSET ‘26 have arrived!

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 06/05/2026

All set for a day of Team Building and Analytical Development at Evocatus HQ tomorrow.

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 13/04/2026

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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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 01/02/2026

Sunday afternoon on the Range Walks from Tyneham out to Kimmeridge and then back along the top.

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 27/01/2026

Can’t work out what this is the key to!

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 17/01/2026

Staying on brand! 😎

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 09/01/2026

Was it the lean to the left that clinched it? 😉

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 09/01/2026

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.

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Tomb Soldier Tom @tomwd68.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

People still using X

David Mitchell dressed as a Nazi SS officer from a sketch where he says "are we the baddies"
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Can't I just like the bits I like about Twitter

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

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.

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 04/01/2026

Certainly feels like a positive indicator…

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 03/11/2025

Thoughts and prayers…

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Evocatus @evocatus.co.uk · 02/11/2025

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.

Two Springadors (half lab, half Springer Spaniel) sat politely at the top of the stairs at Evocatus HQ.

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Evocatus @evocatus.co.uk · 31/10/2025

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.

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 21/10/2025

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

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 01/10/2025

Blue skies over Barnstaple

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 23/09/2025

First run in sleeves this Autumn. 🍂

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Ant Sharman @zeroecho.uk · 16/09/2025

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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Evocatus @evocatus.co.uk · 15/09/2025

Making exercises better, starting with understanding what good looks like

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