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In this episode, our Network Deputy Lead Phil Mitten speaks with Dr. Luis Serrano-Tamayo, project management academic at Cardiff Metropolitan University, former Captain in the Colombian Navy, and experienced project, programme, and portfolio professional, about what it really takes to turn defence strategy, investment, and technology into operational capability. 

With UK defence investment approaching £300 billion over four years, the conversation moves beyond the headline figure to the real delivery challenge: how to prioritise, sequence, integrate, and adapt so that platforms, people, infrastructure, data, training, and operational users come together as genuine capability. 

This is a sharp, practical discussion for anyone working in defence, delivery, transformation, or complex programmes. It explores why future defence project professionals must become both more technologically capable and more human, why AI must support decisions rather than replace accountability, and why military experience may already contain more project leadership capability than many service leavers realise.