tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post3657485722957654193..comments2024-03-28T03:31:42.278-07:00Comments on Chiron: New GroundRoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-71861986278980487982015-05-01T17:39:41.305-07:002015-05-01T17:39:41.305-07:00Good post. This may be an aside, but something I ...Good post. This may be an aside, but something I learned from Keith Johnstone when I was 15 doing improv theater:<br />Whenever I'm in charge (teaching, leading) I start off by apologizing in advance for anything that may go wrong, and ask everyone to please blame me. <br />With kids I have them practice blaming me, for trivial or imaginary things, right away because they are constantly being told to blame themselves and it is hugely liberating to drop that non-sense.<br />Adults loosen up considerably and become more willing to take emotional-risks, and responsibility. And when things go wrong, I do insist that they blame me! <br /><br />I wonder how far this can be taken? <br /><br />Obviously I don't want to take the blame for someone's crime, but it is possible to admit that I have failed as my brothers keeper. Scott Park Phillipshttp://northstarmartialarts.com/blog1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-75647958685953501202015-04-27T19:49:03.151-07:002015-04-27T19:49:03.151-07:00Correction:
I was a little confused at the beginn...Correction:<br /><br />I was a little confused at the beginning of this post as all you can do [with what works] is fiddle around with it trying not to break it. Or you can try to find a new way of doing the same thing hopefully better but that doesn't invalidate the old or break it.Josh Kruschkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288700371539530398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-87126772059210167892015-04-27T19:46:21.714-07:002015-04-27T19:46:21.714-07:00Rory,
Starting off you made no distinction betwee...Rory,<br /><br />Starting off you made no distinction between what is already broken and what works. It was until 3/4 of the way through I realized you noted this only applies to things that are broken.<br /><br />Blind spots.<br /><br />Honorable Enimies.<br /><br />At the institutial levels some times they bring in someone from the outside to take an objective look, consultants and the like. Some try to handle it internally with a systemic review process independent of the stakeholders.<br /><br />I was a little confused at the beginning of this post as all you can do is fiddle around with it trying not to break it. Or you can try to find a new way of doing the same thing hopefully better but that doesn't invalidate the old or break it.<br /><br />Even in your example the technique worked just not with the new variable in play. <br /><br />From a project management perspective you have Stakeholders and they can be in the form of Blockers and Champions. You can try and go around Blockers by going to a higher level Champion. This might get you what you want, but doesn't win you friends.<br /><br />Or you can try to turn Blockers into champions by offering some way for them to buy into what you are trying to do.<br /><br />Sometimes it is as simple as asking their opinion and seriously considering it.<br /><br />The holster as the root cause is understandable a rise in law suits, injuries and death are not fixable problems as as they are just the symptoms.<br /><br />Even if people realize there is a problem they might not know how to identify it or fix it, so they just mentally freeze hooping the problem will fix itself and or go away.<br /><br />Oh it's just the holster, and there is a solution. I can understand that.Josh Kruschkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288700371539530398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-24414914466469105842015-04-24T17:41:56.923-07:002015-04-24T17:41:56.923-07:00Tough question.
What needs to change? What SHOUL...Tough question.<br /><br />What needs to change? What SHOULD be changed? (Are they the same?) Who's responsibility is it to make the changes?<br /><br />And... what can actually be changed? What will those changes impact? Do you want those impacts? (Unintended consequences can be hell...)<br /><br />Change can be really tricky, because you may find out that one change impacts something else. Change one weapon retention technique... do you have to change others? Change shift schedules -- will that mean that they take away some overtime? How do you get buy in... at all levels?Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15393212692342514984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-68524085436119911752015-04-24T17:31:04.271-07:002015-04-24T17:31:04.271-07:00In my agency, BJJ has been THE benchmark for all D...In my agency, BJJ has been THE benchmark for all DTs and legal applications of force for the last 10 years; the ONLY allowed force training (even weapons retention has gone away). In that same time, NONE of the techniques have been used and no officer has ended up on his back with his legs apart, wrestling a bad guy. The administration has pointed to this and said, "see, it works!" Plus, to them, starting on your back on the ground looks way safer (from a risk management viewpoint) than training the full spectrum of force. Meanwhile, the law dogs on the street and guard dogs in the jails have continued doing what they need to do to "go home safe" (Golden Rule #1), "gain compliance" (Rule #2) but still getting beefed, sued, fired and jailed because they are using whatever they can to follow the first two rules but don't have the proper training to encompass rule #3 - "lawsuit free." A proper broad spectrum force options program that follows the 3 Golden Rules inculcates technical skills with tactical adaptability (concentrating on transitional force and not sequential posturing) and developing an objective mind set through stress-innoculation. What the agencies have never seemed to understand is that it DOESN'T take more money to train properly (which will reduce officer AND bad guy injuries), nor will such training cause more injuries (to trainees). It only takes managers who pick the right people - and let them write and teach the courses. Rory proved this over and over when he was a 'knuckledragger.' Injuries to crooks and cops went WAY down and training cost were the same, if not lower. Why don't the politicians, lawyers and administrators listen, and learn? And then the 10 million dollar lawsuit comes along and they run around crying, "those darn officers didn't follow their training/were out of policy/eat too many donuts why don't they ever do what they'reTOLD!?" I don't know but it's been that way since Nebuchadnezzar disregarded his generals and spent money on the hanging gardens instead of better defensive walls.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03517107275615739075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-12136921926154978432015-04-23T16:36:43.180-07:002015-04-23T16:36:43.180-07:00Maybe the urge _not_ to place blame is so strong ...Maybe the urge _not_ to place blame is so strong that people will pretend nothing is wrong until they have something inanimate to blame?Roryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-1535824991933088062015-04-23T16:22:32.629-07:002015-04-23T16:22:32.629-07:00"It's not working," should stand alo..."It's not working," should stand alone. It doesn't.<br /><br />"It's not working, because ___" means we need... what? Someone or something to blame? Why?<br /><br />When we must blame, finding something to blame other than the people who implemented the previous iteration or supported its use makes sense. Nobody likes to feel judged.<br /><br />But why the urge to place blame at all? <br /><br />What's going on with that? paxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-35315311163717034532015-04-23T14:03:10.613-07:002015-04-23T14:03:10.613-07:00It is "not funny" funny how you hit some...It is "not funny" funny how you hit something on the head that I see here at my work. We have gone through about four major changes that actually changed nothing and no one sees it. We humans are pretty predictable aren't we?Charles Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13812618556413423872noreply@blogger.com