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The National Theatre’s play. Grenfell: In the words of survivors.
Grenfell In the words of survivors runs at the National Theatre from 13th July to…
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The transformative power of Grief
We talk too little about the transformative power of grief . And how a new…
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The Grenfell Inquiry: The hearing I can’t stop thinking about…
The 21st July 2022 was the final day of evidentiary hearings at the Grenfell Inquiry.…
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Grenfell Tower – the Role of the Civil Servants before the fire. A Blog and Paper by Martin Stanley
The role of civil servants before the Grenfell Tower fire is important because it highlights…
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The LFB Review of Culture: A quick blog…
Someone I spoke with today spent nearly 5 years in a Fire Service but took…
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Today at the Tower.
Personal reflections as we approach the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower Fire.
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Grenfell: Governance, Accountability and Political Agendas
Background Systemic failings in governance, accountability and the role of political agendas are integral to…
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Making the water visible: A Methodology
Making the water visible: A methodology. Crisis response journal article
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The Bronx fire, Grenfell and Cladding
The Bronx fire raises challenging questions about our approach to fire safety post Grenfell.
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Systemic Change in Complex Times
I recently published an article: Systemic Change in Complex Times in the Crisis Response Journal.…
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The 3 Cs of Resident Engagement
Despite the many post-Grenfell promises we continue to see terrible examples of a failure to…
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RBKC fail to learn from Grenfell: A former MP’s perspective
Former MP Emma Dent Coad accuses the RBKC of deliberate obfuscations that are not in…
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RBKC fail to learn from Grenfell: A resident’s perspective
Trellick Tower Development, RBKC fail to listen to residents.
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Grenfell, Fish & Systemic Change
Nicky Venables, CEO of New Build Database interviews me about my book, Systemic change and…
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In memory… The Lakanal House Fire
On 3 July 2009, 3 week old Michelle Udooka died with her mother, Helen, in…
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In memory… Grenfell: The 21st Floor
Watch the BBC Newsnight documentary Grenfell: The 21st Floor.
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Grenfell and the tacit knowledge of those at the sharp end – Ed Daffarn speaks to LBC’s James O’Brien.
LBC’s James O’Brien speaks to Ed Daffarn the author of the blog that predicted a…
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An Analysis of the Design, Installation & Materials of the Rainscreen Cladding System at Grenfell Tower:
A technical analysis of what happened at the Grenfell Tower Fire.
This report looks…
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Grenfell, the conservative vote & why we are missing the point
The coverage of the conservative vote against the Grenfell Recommendations is missing the point.
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Grenfell Tower Fire: Questions & Answers
Grenfell Tower Fire: Questions and Answers. Chartered Architectural Technologist and Fire Engineer shares what happened.…
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The danger of the narratives we use to silence: Grenfell and the Rebel Residents
Evidence by main contractor #Rydon at the #Grenfell Tower Inquiry reveals the narratives used to…
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The Great Fire of London (1666) and Grenfell (2017).
Lessons from the Great Fire of London. What are the similarities to Grenfell.
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Power and Accountability: The psychological contract & responding to catastrophic event
Power and Accountability. The failure of politicians to be accountable for the psychological contract in…
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Grenfell, COVID-19 and our inability to learn: Risk Guru Podcast with Matt Hodges- Long & Gill Kernick
Grenfell, COVID-19 and Learning. Will we learn? Risk Guru podcast.
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Cummings & our unwritten Psychological Contract: Are we asking the right questions?
This blog explores the Cummings’ crisis through the lens of a failure to attend to…
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Why we fail to prepare for disasters… Tim Harford article.
Link to Tim Harford article about why we fail to prepare for disasters.
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Covid-19: UK unheeded Warnings and some success stories #3… useful articles (Updated)
COVID-19, collection of useful articles
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COVID-19 Unheeded Warnings #2: Centre for Health and Public Interest 2013 Report
Adaptive capacity is a cornerstone of resiliance. Those that failed to ensure this capacity whilst…
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From interruption to disruption: Leadership and Covid-19
Rather than viewing #Covid-19 as an interuption and wait for things to return to normal.…
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COVID19 Unheeded warnings: #1 Bill Gates 2015
Failures to learn and heed warnings about the impact of a global pandemic.
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