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The concluding session of the NPLI’s Executive Education Program Cohort 18 was held on the Harvard campus on June 18-21, 2019. Participants returned for engaging sessions with guest speakers as well as to present their meta-leadership team projects. NPLI EEP team projects provide participants the opportunity to practice the meta-leadership concepts, skills, tools, and techniques presented in the opening session in December 2018. Each team is charged with making tangible…

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When Cohort XV came to Cambridge for their opening session in early December, they had the chance to meet a special alumnus: Jane Cage (Cohort XI). Jane is chairman of the Joplin (MO) Citizens Advisory Recovery Team and was a tireless volunteer in the aftermath of the EF-5, multi-voretx tornado that ripped through Joplin hard on May 22, 2011. The tornado killed more than 150 people and injured more than…

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Dr. Marcus talks with the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School on how swarm leadership is used during crisis. Read more…

Rich Serino, NPLI Distinguished Visiting Fellow, recently interviewed by The New York Times comments on the hurricane response efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey and Irma. Read the full article…

preparedness planning may not be a winning platform, elected and appointed officials are often front and center when a crisis hits. Team Lighthouse recognized that while preparedness may not win an election, perceived failure to effectively manage a crisis response and recovery certainly could lose one. The team also uncovered a lacking in the level of training provided to these officials, despite the important role they play in emergency response.…

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Airports have become increasingly complex security environments, due to rapidly evolving safety concerns and the interplay of multi-jurisdictional and cross-sector stakeholders from airlines, to retail, to federal, state and local regulatory and law enforcement agencies. With this complex environment in mind, Team Airport Too-Point-Ohh! utilized the Meta-leadership framework to enable airport leadership to focus on the “whole airport community” and develop improved collaborative decision-making for crisis preparedness and response. The…

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The CDC reports that 91 Americans die each day from opioid overdose, with at least half of all overdose deaths involving prescription opioids.[1] This ongoing and growing epidemic, recently declared an emergency by the President, challenges leaders across sectors, from law enforcement to public health to elected officials to devise new strategies and policies to save lives. Meta-leadership to build connectivity among agencies and partners, is critical for successful intervention.…

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