We treat texts, emails and private messages like disposable conversation. Investigators, lawyers, employers—and sometimes criminals—may see something very different: a record of what we said, promised, threatened or admitted. You do not necessarily need to be secretly recorded anymore. You are recording yourself. Every angry text message. Every late-night WhatsApp... View Article
How innocent conversations abroad can become the first step towards elicitation, compromise and intelligence recruitment. Boarding Time The setting does not look dangerous. A five-star resort. A recovery spa. Warm weather. People are sitting besides a swimming pool with their phones placed on the table. Executives have temporarily escaped their... View Article
After 21 days of training in Thailand, I expected to leave knowing more about fitness. Instead, the final seven days taught me something far more useful about injury, pressure, courage, purpose, consistency, discipline — and the identity we quietly build through our choices. By the final week in Thailand, I... View Article
There is something slightly ridiculous about travelling thousands of kilometres to one of the world’s most beautiful holiday destinations and then deliberately making your days harder. I’m in Phuket, Thailand. Outside my room there is everything you would expect from a place people travel across the world to enjoy: tropical... View Article
There is something slightly ridiculous about travelling thousands of kilometres to one of the world’s most beautiful holiday destinations and then deliberately making your days harder. I’m in Phuket, Thailand. Outside my room there is everything you would expect from a place people travel across the world to enjoy: tropical... View Article
My 21-Day Battle Plan Last night, on my fourth day in Thailand, I found myself in a situation that my 21-day training plan did not prepare me for. I was vomiting, feeling terrible and quickly realising that I had most likely picked up food poisoning. Anyone who has experienced it... View Article
What travelling alone from Sydney to Phuket taught me about fear, freedom and trusting yourself. Introduction There is an ancient saying, traditionally attributed to the Chinese philosopher Laozi: “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” I have heard those words many times throughout my life, but... View Article
Arriving in Australia without functional English eventually became one of my greatest professional advantages. Imagine possessing a lifetime of experiences but being unable to explain who you are. Imagine having survived war, served in military security and intelligence, and learned to read danger before it became visible—yet suddenly struggling to... View Article
Your Own Platform That Never Sleeps The other day I was talking to a client about social media presence and why it’s important that every business urgently needs its own home on the internet—not just an apartment on someone else’s land. Imagine a storefront. You’ve rented a shop on the... View Article
How Zersetzung Changed Psychological Warfare Forever—and Why Its Methods Still Shape the Digital Age In the STASI Head Office I spent years in the maelstrom of war on the front lines, and it taught me one fundamental thing about the enemy: when they want to eliminate you, they make a... View Article