Robert,
Happy New Year - and thanks for the invitation.
My work is quite different from many on this list. My current
research is on inter-organizational coordination in peacebuilding and
stabilization and reconstruction operations. I'm just finishing a
major piece of research on US civil-military coordination in
Afghanistan from 2003-2009. My premise is that policy making - and
academic research - have been undermined by a hierarchical mental
model - and associated focus on trying to put someone in charge of all
of the various actors and activities. Even if this were desirable, it
would not be possible - since the many organizations involved in
Afghanistan and other stabilization and reconstruction efforts will
not accept an overarching coordination authority. I argue that the
question needs to be reframed from how to establish a strong,
overarching coordination authority to how to create structures and
processes that facilitate the emergence of coordinated results - hence
my interest in coordination theory and the work that many on this list
are doing. I'm also on a small team that is developing software to
help the US Department of Defense with the growing non-combat side of
their work in places like Afghanistan. We are developing tools for
strategic planning, ethnographic assessment, impact evaluation, and
other related topics.
I always follow the discussion on this list with great interest - just
often cannot participate, because of my lack of knowledge of the
technical side of so much of what you do.
Best,
Andrea
On Jan 15, 2010, at 6:59 AM, Robert Link wrote:
CoCos,
As the new year is already 15 days old, this seems as good a time as
any
to re-introduce ourselves to each other, and reacquaint each other
with
the projects on which we work. This will, of course, appeal more to
some
than others, but I hope everyone will consider at the very least
dropping out of lurker mode long enough to send a note in the next day
or two saying who you are, maybe listing your current most active
internet presence, and perhaps even including a quick summary of where
your work or interests intersect with CoCo.
I won't go first, but if I see one or two others taking this
challenge I
will join in later today.
Best,
rl
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