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Title

Leadership in unconventional crises : a transatlantic and cross-sector assessment / by Erwan Lagedec.

Author

Lagadec, Erwan, 1977-

Publication

Washington, DC : Center for Transatlantic Relations, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, c2009.

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Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. Center for Transatlantic Relations.

Description

xi, 164 p.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Emergency management > Canada
• Emergency management > Europe
• Emergency management > International cooperation
• Emergency management > United States

Note

• Based on a seminar held April 10-11, 2008, this is the second report from the SAIS project "Unconventional Crises, Unconventional Responses". The first was published in 2007 as Unconventional Crises, Unconventional Responses: Reforming Leadership in the Age of Catastrophic Crises and Hypercomplexity (Center for Transatlantic Relations, 2007)

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• committed to retain

Contents

The certainty of the unthinkable -- Asking the right questions. What is the essence of the crisis? ; What are the critical pitfalls? ; Who are the unconventional stakeholders? ; What initiatives can be taken to recover traction on events? -- Unconventional crisis cells. Overview of mechanisms and concepts ; The case for "horizon-scanning" and "red teams" : unconventional training exercise -- Redrawing cross-sector allocations of tasks. Public sector perspectives ; Views from other sectors -- Enhancing systemic resiliency. Structural resiliency ; Superstructure resiliency ; Lifeblood resiliency : the human dimension ; Distributed leadership ; the resiliency of narratives -- The "alignment" of international responders. Coordination mechanisms ; Alignment -- Education, training, and culture of leaders. The problem with leadership culture ; Unconventional training ; Unconventional leadership skills ; Towards new criteria for the selection of leaders ; Group dynamics -- Conclusion -- Appendix I. Interviews -- Appendix II. Participants -- Appendix III. Seminar program, April 10-11, 2008 -- Appendix IV. Contents of 2008 report.

ISBN

• 9780984134106
• 0984134107

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Harvard Library