Leadership in unconventional crises
Subtitle: a transatlantic and cross-sector assessment
By: by Erwan Lagedec
Contributors: Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. Center for Transatlantic Relations
Publisher: Center for Transatlantic Relations, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780984134106
Subjects: Emergency management; International cooperation
Notes: 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).
Table of contents: title: The certainty of the unthinkable; title: 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?; title: Unconventional crisis cells. Overview of mechanisms and concepts ; The case for "horizon-scanning" and "red teams" : unconventional training exercise; title: Redrawing cross-sector allocations of tasks. Public sector perspectives ; Views from other sectors; title: Enhancing systemic resiliency. Structural resiliency ; Superstructure resiliency ; Lifeblood resiliency : the human dimension ; Distributed leadership ; the resiliency of narratives; title: The "alignment" of international responders. Coordination mechanisms ; Alignment; title: 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; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix I. Interviews; title: Appendix II. Participants; title: Appendix III. Seminar program, April 10-11, 2008; title: Appendix IV. Contents of 2008 report.