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ABOUT

I am a strategic thought leader in the homeland security and emergency management ecosystems. For over 30 years, my experience and interests include working in homeland security and emergency management, mental health, emergent technology, social psychology, risk management and higher education communities. The concept and practice of homeland security is at a tipping point of criticality where the linear and reductionist industrial age mental model, of which it is based, no longer is compatible with the complexity and interconnectedness of the vast global systems of threat and opportunity. I am committed to changing the narrative to help homeland security practitioners to think in systems and practice sensemaking, to help us find collective meaning in a world that is volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous.

I think differently. I am insatiably curious. I help others connect the dots on complex issues. I think in systems and mind maps. I wade into the dark waters of the liminal space. I’ve worked on everything from program development, project management, policy creation and implementation, to creation of new ideas and innovations. Because I think in systems, I help others identify the simple rules and agents of complex challenges that are key critical elements for adaptation of high reliability organizations. When times change, so should our thinking. A change in thinking is paramount for a successful 21st and 22nd Century homeland security organization.