Project White Horse Forum

>>  Thread #2 Intelligence meaning and usage in natural disasters with Katrina as an event example As we move further down the time line from September 11, 2001, multiple issues and events tend to push professional response organizations toward an “all hazards” approach. Those focused by agency or function speciffically on intelligence, anti-terrorism, counter-terrorism, gang […]

A significant aspect of Project White Horse research, e-magazine editions, and forum/blog is search for and use of multiple/diverse experience, education, or discipline perspective with intent to gain better insight into decision making in the hyper complex, low probability – high impact type disaster situation.  In that regard and in preparation for the upcoming edition, […]

By Dag von Lubitz and Ed Beakley RC#13 (Part 1) To Lead  introduced the discussion of leadership in the context of understanding the needs of a resilient community.  Part 2 -as a book review of America’s Army; A Model for Interagency Effectiveness by Generals Zeb Bradford and Frederic Brown – provided an introduction to the […]

As part of the PWH Resilient Community initiative for 2008, the following is a listing of Summer focus posts on leadership elements: RC#11 During a disaster, become part of the solution RC#12 A Lesson Learned: Tyler Suchman’s Emergencity RC#13 (Part 1) To Lead An Introduction to the “Teams of Leaders” (TOL) concept as it relates to […]

Part 4 of 4 of a discussion of the Team of Leaders (TOL) concept presented in America’s Army: A Model for Interagency Effectiveness by Zeb Bradford and Frederic Brown.    By Dag K.J.E. von Lubitz and James E. Beakley (adapted from an article in review for publication in an on-line peer review journal)   Washington’s insiders continue […]

An intriguing synergy ? A messy, uncertain century emerges despite advances in technology and global economy. The ability to deal with events and survive on our own terms (Boyd) would appear to reflect T.E. Lawrence’s metaphor of needing to learn to “eat soup with a knife.” Accomplishing that task -building learning organizations- and creating resilient […]

“How do we enjoy the benefits of globalization without being vulnerable to its excesses?” The key to our collective future success (from maximal wealth creation to basic survival), will be in how we mitigate the impact of black swans generated by global instability. One of the best approaches I’ve encountered is to add resilience to […]