Writing & insights
Research, service and the systems that shape behaviour.
Dr Dan Fitzpatrick writes about military mental health, organisational psychology, leadership, trust, culture, governance and psychological autonomy.
Before joining the Irish Defence Forces, he studied journalism at Senior College Ballyfermot in Dublin. A new article is published every Monday.
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Organisational psychology
A Poster is Not Cultural Change
Making visible the structures, signals and consequences that teach people what is safe, valued and possible at work.Read the complete article on LinkedInGovernance and evidence
When Workplace Mental Health Moves from Wellbeing to Safety Governance
A challenge to organisations to connect policy claims with transparent evidence, accountable systems and demonstrable change.Read the complete article on LinkedInOrganisational psychology
What Have We Actually Learned About Changing Organisational Culture?
Making visible the structures, signals and consequences that teach people what is safe, valued and possible at work.Read the complete article on LinkedInGovernance and evidence
When Military Mental Health Research Exists, but the Evidence Architecture Does Not
A challenge to organisations to connect policy claims with transparent evidence, accountable systems and demonstrable change.Read the complete article on LinkedInGovernance and evidence
A ‘Major Cultural Evolution’? When Does Organisational Change Become Organisational Evidence?
A challenge to organisations to connect policy claims with transparent evidence, accountable systems and demonstrable change.Read the complete article on LinkedInPsychological autonomy
Creating Choice Where None Was Visible: Metacognition, Emotional Regulation and the Development of Psychological Autonomy
Practical thinking on metacognition, emotional literacy and the capacity to create choice before action.Read the complete article on LinkedInGovernance and evidence
When Mental Health Strategy Produces No Public Evidence: The Hidden Architecture of the Irish Defence Forces
A challenge to organisations to connect policy claims with transparent evidence, accountable systems and demonstrable change.Read the complete article on LinkedInGovernance and evidence
Twenty Years of Reform: Why the Defence Forces’ Psychological Architecture Resisted Change
A challenge to organisations to connect policy claims with transparent evidence, accountable systems and demonstrable change.Read the complete article on LinkedInTrauma and transition
Leaving the Military Is an Administrative Event. Becoming a Veteran Is a Psychological Transition
Exploring how identity, experience and adjustment continue beyond deployment, discharge and other formal transitions.Read the complete article on LinkedInOrganisational psychology
Why Does Organisational Change Often Fail to Change Behaviour?
Making visible the structures, signals and consequences that teach people what is safe, valued and possible at work.Read the complete article on LinkedInOrganisational psychology
Every Organisation Has a Psychological Architecture. Most Just Don’t Know It.
Making visible the structures, signals and consequences that teach people what is safe, valued and possible at work.Read the complete article on LinkedInOrganisational psychology
Why Organisations Can’t Train Their Way to Better Mental Health
Making visible the structures, signals and consequences that teach people what is safe, valued and possible at work.Read the complete article on LinkedInGovernance and evidence
What You Measure Determines What You See
A challenge to organisations to connect policy claims with transparent evidence, accountable systems and demonstrable change.Read the complete article on LinkedInCulture and identity
When Masculinity Becomes a Uniform
How institutional expectations and identity shape behaviour, belonging, disclosure and psychological safety.Read the complete article on LinkedInGovernance and evidence
From Barbarians to Bureaucrats: Why Mental Health Reform in the Irish Defence Forces Needs Governance, Not Just Goodwill
A challenge to organisations to connect policy claims with transparent evidence, accountable systems and demonstrable change.Read the complete article on LinkedInGovernance and evidence
The Defence Forces Has Written the Standard. Mental Health Is Where It Must Be Tested
A challenge to organisations to connect policy claims with transparent evidence, accountable systems and demonstrable change.Read the complete article on LinkedInTrauma and transition
Coming Home Is Not the Same as Having Returned: What Irish Naval Personnel Carried Home from the Mediterranean in 2016
Exploring how identity, experience and adjustment continue beyond deployment, discharge and other formal transitions.Read the complete article on LinkedInTrust and help-seeking
When Distrust Becomes the Lesson: Mental Health Help-Seeking in the Defence Forces
An examination of why confidence in confidentiality, fairness and organisational response matters as much as the availability of support.Read the complete article on LinkedInTrust and help-seeking
In the Defence Forces, Help-Seeking Is Not the Problem. Trust Is.
An examination of why confidence in confidentiality, fairness and organisational response matters as much as the availability of support.Read the complete article on LinkedInMilitary mental health
Anxiety in the Defence Forces Deserves More Serious Attention
Research-led analysis of psychological distress, service culture and the conditions that shape whether personnel receive meaningful support.Read the complete article on LinkedInMilitary mental health
Depression Behind the Uniform: The Quiet Burden My PhD Research Revealed
Research-led analysis of psychological distress, service culture and the conditions that shape whether personnel receive meaningful support.Read the complete article on LinkedInMilitary mental health
PTSD in the Defence Forces Cannot Remain a Hidden Problem
Research-led analysis of psychological distress, service culture and the conditions that shape whether personnel receive meaningful support.Read the complete article on LinkedInMilitary mental health
What My PhD Revealed About Suicidality in the Irish Defence Forces
Research-led analysis of psychological distress, service culture and the conditions that shape whether personnel receive meaningful support.Read the complete article on LinkedInNew thinking every Monday