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The Strategic Code: See. Understand. Act.

Richard Martin June 4, 2025 No Comments

Rapid change frequently outpaces institutional adaptation. Richard Martin’s “The Strategic Code” introduces a powerful framework: See. Understand. Act. This method empowers leaders to cut through the noise, grasp the underlying structures of their environments, and make decisive moves within constraints. Discover how to navigate volatility and reshape your strategic landscape with insights that challenge conventional thinking and inspire impactful action.

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Vital Ground: Crucial Insights for Strategic Leaders

Richard Martin October 28, 2024 No Comments

In this issue of Vital Ground, we explore cutting-edge approaches to strategic leadership, focusing on charting unknown territory, building models to analyze worldviews, and leveraging AI to amplify decision-making. As the world grows more complex and unpredictable, the leaders who succeed are those who can navigate uncertainty, take bold risks, and harness innovation. Join me as we delve into recent insights from my work with SSHRC, upcoming engagements, and the future of intelligence amplification in strategic action.

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Think Before You Act

Richard Martin October 29, 2017 No Comments

By Richard Martin The ongoing saga in Catalonia is an excellent illustration of how crucial it is to consider a range of scenarios before implementing

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Business Continuity Readiness Should Be Continuous

Richard Martin October 1, 2017 1 Comment

The recent spate of natural disasters (hurricanes, earthquakes) have shown once again the need for readiness and resiliency for operational and business continuity.

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How to Assess Threats

Richard Martin September 24, 2017 No Comments

I’ve been answering questions lately (from my daughters, among others) about the threat of war, specifically nuclear war. This obviously comes from the worries about North Korea’s nuclear capabilities and intentions, as well as American ones.

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Things Can Happen for No Reason at All

Richard Martin September 10, 2017 No Comments

Humans have a propensity to see causality and correlations where there is just coincidence. Most things happen for no reason at all. It’s easy to see patterns where there are none, especially in nature. If you see linkages where there are none, you can drive yourself crazy with anxiety and paranoia. Things happen. Sometimes they bunch up in time and place. Other times they are more or less spread out.

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Leading During a Crisis

Richard Martin May 7, 2017 No Comments

The current flooding in southern and western Quebec, as well as eastern Ontario and NB is bringing out once again the critical importance of CRISIS LEADERSHIP. That’s right, not just crisis management and crisis communications, but crisis leadership.

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Readiness = Vigilance + Preparedness + Robustness

Richard Martin April 23, 2017 No Comments

Research shows that most crises have internal causes (see the United Airlines incident, and now the one that has just occurred on an American Airlines flight); they are therefore predictable and can be prevented and mitigated through proper vigilance, preparation, and robustness.

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Readiness Phases and Readiness States

Richard Martin March 26, 2017 No Comments

This week I want to elaborate more on the concept of Readiness Phases and Readiness States, as these provide the essential framework for forecasting, activation, and response of emergency and business continuity services (of both public and private sectors), as well as contingency plans, and other measures.

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The Great Winter Storm of March 2017 – An Example of Poor Readiness

Richard Martin March 19, 2017 No Comments

Well, we’ve just had our latest winter storm of the decade (or what it century?) in Eastern Canada. Among other events, Montreal’s roads were a scene of chaos and waiting, and waiting, and waiting….

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