Care needs to be taken when thinking about the Australian Defence Force and innovation to remember that innovation isn't all about bright new powerful ships, tanks, planes, gadgets and defence industry. These are the devices of war. What about the ideas and methods of war?

Innovation is also about structures, organisations, processes, doctrine and force disposition. These are generally neglected when we talk about defence innovation. But they are the things that can make a real difference when designing the ADF of the future.