ABOUT ME

Military Experience

Both Canadian and British Navies. Retiring as a Lieutenant Commander including time in UN missions in Central America ONUCA and ONUSAL 1991 and 1992. Also Croatia 1993 as an observer for the ECMM.

Civil Experience

UN Political Affairs/civil Affairs officer in Croatia and Bosnia 1994 – 1997. UNPROFOR, UNCRO, UNTAES.

Iraq UN Oil for Food Program 1997 OIP.

Bosnia UNMIBH 1997 -1999.

East Timor 2000.

United States Institute for Peace Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow 2000 – 2001.

Canadian Pearson Peacekeeping Centre 2001 – 2002 External Faculty.

One of the Deputy High Representatives in BiH 2002 – 2006.

2006/2012 Consultant and presenter on peace operations.

2012 – present, Consultant and practitioner in applied complexity specialising in SenseMaker data collection and analysis.

MISSION STATEMENT

Many adults learn best and can accept ideas in the form of stories. True stories told as recollections to inform the community and the young are as old as the species Homo Sapiens. This collection of video stories from the field include examples of:

Governance issues.
Community empowerment.
Law and order.
Traditional justice.
Managing programs in a hostile environment.
Managing development programs in a strongly cross-cultural setting.
The effect of International expectations on local communities, and many more challenges.

This collection of personal recollections emphasises peace, conflict resolution and sustainable governance as the starting point and necessary enabler of all other development projects. Local organic growth and acceptance of differing local emphasis is fundamental to the stories told.

The aim of these stories is to condition the ethos of actors facing similar challenges. Actors who seek to be leaders in these areas will need mentoring and follow up activities. These will be offered as the way ahead for this initiative.

The videos are offered pro bono to all interested parties and are expressly forbidden to be used for profit.

Follow up activities depending on scale and cost may be subject to charges primarily on a cost recovery basis.