From a multidisciplinary viewpoint, this book introduces fresh insights into the concept of scaling by examining scalability within security contexts. Increased existential threats demand that Western Democracies and their armed forces can swiftly scale up, rapidly expanding their capabilities to deter potential adversaries and defend borders effectively. The principle of scaling also applies to crisis response systems in general; the larger the disaster scope, the more crucial scalability becomes to alleviate suffering. From a multidisciplinary viewpoint, this book introduces fresh insights into the concept of scaling by examining scalability within security contexts. This book is structured in three parts. The first part, explores historical perspectives, demonstrating that scaling is deeply rooted in military policy, strategy and practices. The second part, "Organising Scalability," highlights innovative methods and empirical examples of scaling. The final part, "Enabling Scalability," outlines essential resources and popular support to implement scalability. The conclusion presents a new definition and structured process model of scalability. It emphasizes that establishing and organising scalable organizations is complex but feasible. However, it poses a critical question: is our social fabric robust enough to support scaling and are we prepared to defend our core values if war and crises come? Increased existential threats demand that Western Democracies and their armed forces can swiftly scale up, rapidly expanding their capabilities to deter potential adversaries and defend borders effectively. The principle of scaling also applies to crisis response systems in general; the larger the disaster scope, the more crucial scalability becomes to alleviate suffering. From a multidisciplinary viewpoint, this book introduces fresh insights into the concept of scaling by examining scalability within security contexts. This book is structured in three parts. The first part, explores historical perspectives, demonstrating that scaling is deeply rooted in military policy, strategy and practices. The second part, "Organising Scalability," highlights innovative methods and empirical examples of scaling. The final part, "Enabling Scalability," outlines essential resources and popular support to implement scalability. The conclusion presents a new definition and structured process model of scalability. It emphasizes that establishing and organising scalable organizations is complex but feasible. However, it poses a critical question: is our social fabric robust enough to support scaling and are we prepared to defend our core values if war and crises come? Table of Contents; Foreword – Maarten Schurink and General Onno Eichelsheim; Introduction – Huib Zijderveld, Annelies van Vark, Floribert Baudet, Edwin Dado, René Moelker & Ronald Vuijk; Part 1 Historical Perspectives; 1. The Dutch state and the Dutch arms industry as incentives for military reforms, standardisation and increasing scales of the Dutch state army and war fleet, 1585-1621 – Michiel de Jong; 2. “If fate should strike us with a new occupation…”. Dutch defence preparations, 1946-1949 – Floribert Baudet; 3. The Cold War life jacket: The scalable armed forces of the Netherlands – A historical perspective – Jan Hoffenaar and Daan Theodorus Sanders; Part 2 Organising Scalability; 4. Upstream scaling of resources for defence from an organisational network perspective – Paul C. van Fenema, Joerg Raab, and Matthijs J.E.M. van Groenendael; 5. Scaling in unpredictable strategic environments: Reflecting on strategic flexibility from an emergent innovation perspective – Robbert Marnix Verhulst; 6. Scalable defence infrastructure: Leveraging Legolisation and industrial, flexible and demountable building for operational flexibility within the Dutch defence – Edwin Dado, Jan Willem Petersen, Sebastiaan Leertouwer, Ruud Moeskops, and Alexander Schmets; 7. The challenge of scaling innovation in the Netherlands armed forces: Integrating technological artifacts in multilayered sociotechnical systems – Eric-Hans Kramer, Guido van Os, and Robbert Marnix Verhulst; 8. Readiness through scalability: Structuring the military for large scale combat operations – Cornelis van Lit; 9. Scalable preparedness: Healthcare initiatives for resilient wartime response – Willem Goes, René Janssen, and Alexander van Oers; 10. The role of mission command in scaling up the armed forces – Kevin van Loon and Stefan Mastenbroek; Part 3 Enabling Scalability; 11. Creating support for conscription: The dilemma of scaling up human resources – René Moelker and Jörg Noll; 12. Promising strategies for building societal resilience against hybrid warfare – Jeanette de Weert and Mark Levels; 13. Exploring grassroots knowledge production: Towards internal crowdsourcing for military intelligence – Emma van der Meulen and Peter de Werd; 14. Wisdom of crowds: An exploratory case-study on crowdsourcing as a method for intelligence gathering within the Dutch Defence Intelligence and Security Service – Emma van der Meulen; 15. Scaling military education in wartime – Roy de Ruiter; 16. Scalability of NATO armed forces from a financial-economic perspective: A preliminary descriptive account – Marion Bogers, Michelle Hogendoorn, Jacqueline Heeren-Bogers, and Robert Beeres; 17. Growing gains? Financial scalability of the Dutch defence industry by private equity – Erwin Hardeman, Robert Bertrand, Jan van Lieshout, and Robert Beeres; 18. Export controls: A scalable set of instruments to counter threats to national and global security in a changing world – Joop Voetelink; Discussion and Conclusions – Huib Zijderveld, Floribert Baudet and Annelies van Vark; About the Editors; About the Authors; List of Figures; List of Tables