Active Front Lines: Supporting Those Impacted by Tragedy at Entertainment Venues
As has happened far too many times, we are once again responding to a tragic mass shooting in a public space, this time in Thousand Oaks, California. Initial reports indicate 12 fatalities (including a longtime sheriff’s deputy who had rushed into the crowded bar to help) and 11 wounded. This location was a country music […]
How to Maintain Workplace Safety & Well-being In the Face of Recent Bomb Threats
What We Know So Far: As of Wednesday, October 24th, ten potentially explosive devices have been discovered. Each device appears to be relatively small, crude, and capable of a detonation. Fortunately, however, none have functioned. The devices have been sent either through courier or through the regular mail service, meaning that they have been moved […]
Hate Crimes and the Circles of Impact
Once again as a Nation we are confronted with the unthinkable, a horrific mass shooting that breaks our hearts and fuels our outrage. The attack at the Tree of Life Synagogue on 10/27 is especially poignant, as it occurred in a place of peace and worship, with many of the 11 victims being elderly congregants […]
Active Front Lines: Hurricane Michael Response
R3 is on the ground in Florida and Georgia providing psycho-educational support to people affected by Hurricane Michael. As of this afternoon, we have performed a number of onsite responses for a variety of employers to aid individual employees, families, and communities recover from and prevent trauma due to the powerful storm. We will continue […]
All Threats Are Not The Same
All threats of violence are not the same. Two threats can both be very serious in severity, yet have very different dynamics related to motives, pre-attack warning signs, planning, execution, and lethality. Within the past three days North America experienced a mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, and a vehicular mass attack in Toronto, Canada. Details […]
Gender and the Role of Bias in Threat Assessment – A Comment on the YouTube HQ Shooting
Yesterday, an assailant entered the YouTube campus headquarters in San Bruno, California and opened fire into an outside patio area where workers were gathered for lunch, injuring at least 3 people, one critical, and then turning the gun internally and dying of a self-inflicted gunshot. Reflexively, I want to write how “he” committed this act, […]
Mental health Treatment is Not the Cure-All in Stopping Gun Violence
In the New York Times was a well-written op-ed piece by Dr. Amy Barnhorst of UC Davis clearly outlining the limitations of traditional mental health treatment to prevent mass shootings. She does an excellent job of explaining the design of the involuntary commitment process, the role, and benefit of psychotherapy and the limitations of both. The piece is worth the […]
The Role of Engagement and Leakage in Mass Shootings
On February 14th, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz woke up, seemingly did his regular morning routine, and later took an Uber to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, arriving at 2:19 pm EST. He then walked into the school and opened fire with an AR-15, killing 17 and wounding others. In the following days […]
Executive Resilience is a Must-Have Skill!
What’s the new, must-have executive skill? According to a recent Harvard Business Review article by Srikumar Rao, this skill is executive resilience. In our culture, business moves fast, creating peaks and valleys, gains and setbacks. How one conceptualizes and responds to these events is paramount to the outcome, and to maintaining resiliency. Resiliency is the […]
