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WHAT IS 

RED TEAM THINKING? 

Our world has changed. It has gotten more volatile, 

more uncertain, more complex and more 

ambiguous. Every day brings new challenges and 

new threats. If you are going to accomplish your 

mission, you’re going to have to think your way 

through it – you and your team, together. Red Team 

Thinking can help. Through intensive workshops, 

training and facilitation, we can equip you with the 

tools you need to navigate this complexity and 

create plans with optionality so that you can move 

faster without being tripped up by changing 

circumstances. These techniques were designed to 

deal with high-stakes challenges. They were created 

by the military and intelligence agencies to stresstest their strategies, challenge their assumptions, 

identify unseen threats and highlight missed 

opportunities. They are based on the latest research 

into cognitive psychology and the human decisionmaking process. By employing Red Team Thinking, 

you will learn how to make more resilient plans and 

learn how to make better decisions faster. 
RTT TRAINING AND SUPPORT 

We offer comprehensive Red Team Thinking training, support, and certification for organizations and individuals that want think more 

strategically, plan more effectively, and think more clearly under pressure. Our custom offerings range from half-day sessions 

designed to introduce your team to this revolutionary methodology to week-long intensives that will arm you with the tools they 

need to make better decisions faster every day and conduct your own red teaming analyses of your strategies and plans. This is not 

theoretical instruction; it is practical, hands-on training that you and your team can begin using right away. And because all our 

courses are modular, we can easily put together a program that fits with your training schedule. Talk to us about the challenges you 

are facing and the goals you would like to achieve, and we’ll put together a customized training plan that meets the unique needs of 

your agency or department. 
RTT RED TEAMING WORKSHOP 

If you have a complex problem that you need to solve or a critical plan that you want to pressure test, we can help. Our experienced 

red team leaders will work with you to select the right tools for the job based on the issue and the amount of time you can devote to 

it. At the same time, we will provide you and your team with access to our online, self-directed Red Team Thinking Boot CampTM so 

that you can hit the ground running. We will lead you and your team through a comprehensive Red Team Thinking analysis of your 

strategy, plan or problem using an array of analytical, imaginative and contrarian techniques. By the time we take our first break, you 

will have begun challenging your assumptions, gained powerful new insights, and surfaced new ideas and options. As we move from 

divergent thinking to convergent thinking, your team will make your plan better, stronger, and more resilient. This is not consulting. 

We bring the questions; you bring the answers – because the truths you need to hear already reside inside your organization. Our 

job is to help you uncover them, examine them, and act on them. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RTT TOOLS & TECHNIQUES 

Our toolkit contains an array of powerful analytical, imaginative, and contrarian techniques which are designed to help you and your 

team stress-test your strategies, plan more effectively, and make better decisions faster in a constrained time frame. They include: 

• Six Strategic QuestionsTM • The Enemy WithinTM 

• Assumptions ChallengeTM • Five Whys 

• Stakeholder Mapping • Outside-In Thinking 

• Four Ways of Seeing • Weighted Anonymous FeedbackTM 

• Alternative Futures Analysis • Analysis of Competing Hypotheses (ACH) 

• Swan DiveTM • Us vs. Them AnalysisTM 

• Devil’s TroikaTM • Being Your Own Worst EnemyTM 
WHO WE ARE 

Red Team Thinking is the leading provider of decision support red team training, facilitation and support for public sector agencies, 

businesses and other organizations worldwide. We work closely with thought leaders from the fire sector, who have attended our 

training and understand the value of critical thinking. Our cadre of business strategists, seasoned operators, and military red team 

leaders helps organizations around the globe stress-test their strategies and plans, think differently about how they operate, and 

improve their decision-making quality, to allow them to not only survive but thrive in a complex and rapidly changing world. 

Bryce G. Hoffman | President

Bryce is a bestselling author, speaker, strategic advisor and the founder of Red Team Thinking. In 2015, he 

became the first civilian to graduate from the U.S. Army’s red team leader training program and went on to 

develop a model for business red teaming, which he shared in his 2017 book, Red Teaming. Bryce writes about 

leadership and strategy for Forbes and lectures at the U.C. Berkeley Haas School of Business. 

Wing Commander Marcus Dimbleby, RAF (ret.) | Vice President

Marcus is a former military red teamer who has been sharing these techniques around the world since retiring 

from the Royal Air Force in 2013. In the RAF, he served as a fighter controller and also did tours with the Royal 

Marines, Royal Navy and U.S. Marine Corps, with whom he deployed to Iraq in 2003. He served as an Incident 

Commander at a major U.K. air base, responsible for coordinating the military support response to any aviation 

incidents in Southern England. After leaving the RAF, Marcus moved into business, leading major business 

transformations in the financial sector, focusing on agility, leadership development and executive coaching. 
 

 

 

 

THANK YOU! 

For more information about Red Team Thinking 

and fire programs, please visit our website at 

redteamthinking.com or contact Marcus 

Dimbleby at marcus@redteamthinking.com. 

Red Team Thinking 

100 Pine Street 

Suite 1250 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

West: +1.415.745.3255 

East: +1.248.519.2405