Author Archives: morethancommonplace

Are emergency services uniforms part of the problem?

Innocentive (https://www.innocentive.com/) is a crowdsourcing platform for industry solutions. Public and private agencies list “challenges” on the site, and offer cash awards for innovative solutions to tricky problems. Recently a (unnamed) clothing manufacturer launched a challenge to pose a ‘problem’ and high-level solutions relating to the clothing and textile industry. I chose the health andContinueContinue reading “Are emergency services uniforms part of the problem?”

COVID-19 in perspective – resilience tools

Coping with complex – some would say existential – change isn’t natural. The reason why emergency management, project management and personal improvement tools exist and are constantly refined is because many of the principles go against what at first glance seem to be ‘natural’ or ‘normal’ reactions. Our initial response and ‘natural’ reaction to COVIDContinueContinue reading “COVID-19 in perspective – resilience tools”

Submission into the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Bill

The Counter-Terrorism Legislation Bill is an important addition to New Zealand legislation. More information can be found on the Parliament website and submissions are being accepted until 25th June 2021 via https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/make-a-submission/document/53SCJU_SCF_BILL_109913/counter-terrorism-legislation-bill You can find my submission to the Bill below. Submission – Counter-Terrorism Legislation Bill 2021Download

Pocket Review – New Zealand Govt Crowded Places Strategy

The NZ Police and Government have a collection of resources for owners and operators of crowded places to deal with the risk of organised or terrorist attack. This pocket review is an outline of what you can find on the NZ Police site. This is an important reminder for risk managers to use local sources,ContinueContinue reading “Pocket Review – New Zealand Govt Crowded Places Strategy”

Pocket review – OCHA Humanitarian Needs overview template

In these four-page “pocket reviews”, I aim to distill some of the interesting take-home messages and provide some general critique. Think of it as a starter-for-ten on where the seams of golden content may be, before you start your own digging into these large reports! Needs analysis is a critical step in humanitarian response, andContinueContinue reading “Pocket review – OCHA Humanitarian Needs overview template”