Feb.11.2011
by Ed Beakley
Unconventional Crisis: Impact on Decision Making
Boundary Condition #1 (3) The previous post (2), presented the parameters defining an unconventional crisis as developed by Dr. Erwan Lagadec. Here in the following table and discussion we provide comparison of the characteristics that differentiate decision making, leadership and operational response in relation to both routine emergencies and conventional disasters and to unconventional /hyper complex catastrophic […]
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May.04.2009
by Ed Beakley
Spring Edition 2009 – Announcement
I’m very pleased to announce that Project White Horse 084640 Edition #8 – A Culture of Preparedness and Intersectional Ideas – is now on line. The last two editions have provided perspective on “resilient communities” and leadership required. In Edition #8 we shift from providing “perspective” to creating actionable understanding and answers. The first part […]
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Feb.23.2009
by Ed Beakley
RC#30 TOPOFF – Should Eagles Scream?
Invest in preparedness, not prediction…I will never get to know the unknown since, by definition, it is unknown. However, I can always guess how it might affect me, and I should base my decisions around that.” The Black Swan, Nassem Nicholas Taleb In 2001, the Defense Science Board investigated what they termed “a revolution in […]
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Feb.22.2009
by Ed Beakley
Scream of Eagles – Happy Birthday TOPGUN
Forty years ago, 3 March 1969, the first TOPGUN class began “graduate level” fighter pilot education and training at Naval Air Station Miramar at the Fighter Weapons School. They were there because eagles screamed. They were there because fighter pilots will not accept failure. In 1966 North Vietnamese fighter pilots (flying MiG 17 Frescos and MiG […]
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Feb.18.2009
by Ed Beakley
RC#29 National Security Exercises Need Change; TOPOFF meet TOPGUN – Maybe
New York Times, 16 February, 2009— The homeland security secretary, Janet Napolitano, is re-evaluating the largest federal program for testing the country’s ability to respond to terrorist attacks, one of several Bush administration initiatives she has ordered to come under review. PWH Chapter 1 (Part 1 of 2) The Constant Gardner http://www.projectwhitehorse.com/pdfs/B[1].%20PWH_Chapter1(1of2).pdf (From Page 11) … […]
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Feb.13.2009
by Ed Beakley
RC#28 My Next Mission by THE "Cat 5 General"
After more than 37 years of uniform service to the U.S. army and our nation, I will spend the second half of my life committed to a new mission: Creating a “Culture of Preparedness’’ in America. Every effort I take, whether it is this new Web site, public speaking/lectures, fund-raisers, or the books I have […]
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Jan.29.2009
by Ed Beakley
RC#27 RC – AI (Part 3)
We now move to Discussion Thread 3. >> Intelligence implications for a resilient community response force team in a low probability/high impact worst case disaster environment: critical information – what, where and how education aimed at preventing “victimhood” planning on multiple levels being a responder not a victim building leaders AND followers – who, […]
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Jan.27.2009
by Ed Beakley
RC#26 RC – AI (Part 2)
>> 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 […]
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Jan.11.2009
by Ed Beakley
New Year, New Administration: Ready or Not?
Original Post: 22 Feb, 2007, Updated 11 Jan, 2009 After introducing Project White Horse 084640 in October 2006 as an electronic magazine focused on decision making in unconventional-hyper complex-worst case disasters, the next step for this website was the opening of a forum for exchange of ideas. Not intended as a day-day blog, the idea […]
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