Conference on Crises and Disaster
Management and Risk Reduction
“Strengthening Disaster Preparedness
for Effective Response”
by
Tony Moore
Associate Director,
The Resilience Centre,
Cranfield University,
Defence Academy of the United Kingdom.
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Skills
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Anticipation.
Situation awareness.
Decision-making.
Communication.
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Teamwork
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Leadership
• Skills required to lead in response to a
disaster are merely an extension of everyday management skills.
• Leadership when responding to disasters
is a distinct discipline, with its own set of
skills.
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“It is better to act
quickly and err than
to hesitate until the
time of action has
past.”
Karl von Clausewitz
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Piper Alpha
“It is unfortunately
clear that the OIM
(Offshore Installation
Manager) took no initiative
in an attempt to save life.”
Lord Cullen
Piper Alpha
“… the death toll of those
who died in the
accommodation was
substantially greater than it
would have been if such an
initiative had been taken,
even allowing for the speed
and voracity of the disaster
which was engulfing the
platform.”
Lord Cullen
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Piper Alpha
The role of the
OIM “…demands a
level of command
ability which is not
a feature of normal
management
posts.”
Lord Cullen
New Orleans
“… government
mismanagement …
proved as cruel as the
disaster itself. Ray
Nagin, the Mayor of New
Orleans, implemented an
evacuation plan that
favoured the rich and
healthy. ……”
Douglas Brinkley,
The Great Deluge.
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Hurricane Katrina
“Ray Nagin, the Mayor of New
Orleans, implemented an
evacuation plan that favoured
the rich and healthy. Kathleen
Blanco, governor of Louisiana,
dithered in the most important
aspect of her job; providing
leadership in a time of fear and
confusion.
Douglas Brinkley, The Great Deluge.
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Learning from History
Perception
and
implementation
Brian Toft
& Simon Reynolds
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Learning from History
“What experience and
history teaches is this –
that people and
governments never learned
anything from history, or
acted on principles deduced
from it.”
Georg Hegel (1770-1831)
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t.m.moore@cranfield.ac.uk
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