Unconventional crises, unconventional responses : reforming leadership in the age of catastrophic crises and hypercomplexity / by Erwan Lagedec.
Material type: TextPublication details: Washington, DC : Center for Transatlantic Relations, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, c2007.Description: viii, 68 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 0978882180
- 9780978882181
- Reforming leadership in the age of catastrophic crises and hypercomplexity
- 363.34 22
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Report based on a seminar held March 14-16, 2007 at the Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies - ack. (p.[vii]-viii.)
1. A survey of unconventional crisis. - - 2.Lessons observed. - - 3.The way forward. - - Reforming the culture of leadership.
Since the 1990s, unconventional catastrophic, or unusually complex crises such as 9/11, Katrina, the 2004 Tsunami, or the 2003 heatwave, have challenged or even overwhelmed traditional mechanisms for planning, response, and recovery. This book, the result of a seminar convened at SAIS in 2007 under the leadership of Dr. Erwan Lagadec, lays our diagnoses of current deficiencies, and proposals for reform. It examines the meaning of leadership in major crises; the sources of institutional and cultural reluctance to anticipating unconventional events; mechanisms for a "holistic" approach to resiliency; challenges involved in drawing a new "Social Compact" for cross-sector, international coordination; the value of "resource-based planning"; and emerging models of unconventional crisis management cells.
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