Hundreds of metres beneath the waves, life as a submariner is about constant pressure. False moves can be fatal. But the biggest threat to a £2 billion nuclear submarine isn’t enemy action; it’s the human element.

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Failures of teamwork: ambiguity, hesitation, and a lack of ownership, can cause literal disasters. In your business, that same failure of teamwork is death by a thousand cuts to your deadlines, budget, and morale.

 

I spent nearly a decade in the Royal Navy's elite submarine service, where high-performance teamwork is a condition for survival. I then took that mindset to Google, where I delivered engineering programs to billions of users.

 

By applying submariner principles to modern tech leadership, I drove a measured 30% improvement in team velocity in just a few weeks.

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Now, I lift the lid on this secretive and unusual world to share my approach. Forged in the submarine service and proven in industry - The Submariner Mindset.