We have developed a way to teach people to transcend their past training through a method of guided imagination we call “grim storytelling.” It’s based on scenario-centered discussions in which the participants create situations (often from their own experiences) for their colleagues to work through, in the military and aviation communities. Instead of being slowed into indecision by rules and experience, quick-thinking leaders need to be creative, adaptive and imaginative. Our research has developed a better way to train people to act decisively in urgent situations. When soldiers can talk through scenarios, they get better at dealing with unexpected challenges. It was simply too rare an event, with much more at stake than in other fires. The London fire chiefs’ years of accumulated firefighting experience had not prepared them to handle what happened at the Grenfell Tower. Their error was in relying too much on fixed rules and written policies, rather than understanding how best to protect human life in a rapidly changing fire that defied the expectations those policies relied on. London fire officials stuck to that advice even as the fire spread into dozens of neighboring apartments. Many apartment buildings’ fire plans involve telling residents to stay put, because fireproof walls, floors and ceilings are designed to contain flames to the apartment where they started. Our research has found that redundant deliberation is more likely to occur when there is no standard policy to guide decision-makers, or, as in the Grenfell fire, when the normal practice doesn’t fit the actual circumstances. We have also proposed theories about the origins of this delay, and how it can be overcome, in our recent book, “ Conflict: How Soldiers Make Impossible Decisions.” We’ve found indecision is the most dangerous aspect of a high-stakes situation. The resulting delay, which we’ve called “ redundant deliberation,” happens when people take too long to make a choice between difficult options. Natalie Oxford/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY Choosing the ‘least worst’ optionĪs scholars who study human decision-making in potentially fatal circumstances, we’ve learned that many people, even trained military personnel and emergency responders, find it hard to make decisions in extreme situations, such as large fires. Send us feedback about these examples.A rapidly growing fire at the Grenfell Tower in London challenged city officials’ decision-making skills. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'life-and-death.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 12 June 2023 See More Bob Verini, Variety, 15 June 2023 Unaware of the life-and-death drama unfolding just feet from them, his parents were relaxing upstairs on the couch. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2023 What about life-and-death situations out on the streets? - Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 19 June 2023 During the panel event, the actors discussed how they were attracted not so much by the story’s life-and-death stakes and elaborate fight scenes (and actors do love those), but the chance to create characters of greater complexity than the spy genre usually permits. Time, 3 July 2023 Game controllers have been used in life-and-death situations in combat, and likely will continue to be used in those scenarios for the foreseeable future.
Armond White, National Review, 7 July 2023 What is certain, however, is that the Middle colonies and South Carolina were left with a life-and-death decision to make. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 July 2023 Everything Went Fine François Ozon salutes the nuclear family in a life-and-death crisis that also honors the individuality of a father and his daughter (André Dussollier, Sophie Marceau), who are superficially at odds. 2023 The mentality of enmity can poison a nation’s spirit, instigate brutal life-and-death struggles, destroy a society’s tolerance and humanity, and block a nation’s progress to freedom and democracy. Recent Examples on the Web Then, the staff got to work picking the ones that best encapsulated the uncertainty and life-and-death feelings of that moment.
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