“Losing is Good” says the Washington Post
Losing ain’t so bad. This is from an article I read last year, and I’m thinking about it now as I prepare to coach my children’s baseball teams this spring. From the Washington Post: So is losing all the time really good for children? And their parents? It can be. Experts agree that losing at sports, …
Recent Appearances on the News
In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings and the ensuing manhunt, I was invited to speak live and in-studio at NBC 11 Bay Area about interagency emergency response coordination, a topic I have examined in my research. Specifically, I was asked questions about how SWAT teams, bomb squads, and other special forces coordinate their …
Looking for Firefighters, Veterans, and First Responders
I need your help making contacts with people who work in emergency response. If that’s all you need to know, would you be willing to connect me with your friends, relatives, and colleagues that work in emergency response? If so, you can connect us by email (ishak@utexas[dot]edu) and send your contact a link to this …
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What I’m researching – firefighters, military units, and surgical crews
I’ve been working hard (or hardly working! LOL ROLF) on what to research for my dissertation, which is part of the reason I have not been posting here. I have been kicking around two ideas, and after talking it over with some smart people I think I’m headed in the right direction. Here’s a one-page …
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