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Key Takeaways: 0:00 Intro 1:33 Robert shares some of the reasons that made him decide to write his book 5:57 Robert talks about some of the similarities between the military, the marine and the International Development Humanitarian Aid sectors 9:42 Robert talks about his transition from a marine to being humanitarian worker and how it was for him 13:55 Robert talks about the lessons he learned while in the military and the advice he would give to people who want to move from the military space into the NGO space 17:57 Robert talks about how it was for him developing protocols and procedures that he had to do in policies for Safety and Security coming from the military 21:26 Robert explains if the NGO’s take Safety and Security serious 24:46 Robert talks about what he feels the NGOs are still lacking when it comes to safety and security and what they are also excelling at  39:00 Robert talks about the geographic areas that he is most concerned about when it comes to NGO safety and security 43:54 Robert talks about what he sees is the future of NGO Safety and Security with all the knowledge that he has about it 50:44 Robert talks about the advice he would give to people who are considering a career in the NGO security space  Books Mentioned: https://www.robertseamusmacpherson.com/stewards-of-humanity   Shows Mentioned: https://inssa.org/  https://www.un.org/en/  http://www.marines.mil/  http://www.peacecorps.gov/  https://usnwc.edu/  https://www.ncolcoe.army.mil/  http://www.aidforum.org/directory/the-international-ngo-safety-security-association-inssa/  https://www.usaid.gov/who-we-are/organization/bureaus/bureau-humanitarian-assistance  https://gisf.ngo/resource/can-you-get-sued-legal-liability-of-international-humanitarian-aid-organisations-towards-their-staff/  Quotes Mentioned: “The greatest enthusiasm from the women and men I associated with on the Marine Corps side is when they dropped into events where they were there to assist the humanitarian community rather than make war.” “Practice leadership by example.” “Always be humble.” “You got to step back and learn how everything works” “By 2050, half of the population, or half of the nation state of Bangladesh is going to be underwater.” “There is never enough.” Guests Social Media Links: Website: https://www.robertseamusmacpherson.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertseamusmacpherson/  Email: [email protected]  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robertseamusmacpherson 

Key Takeaways: 0:00 Intro 1:10 Michael talks about how he got into the international development and humanitarian aid sector and specifically the NGO security space 3:49 Michael shares an incident that occurred in his career in international development and how it influenced his path to NGO security 9:30 Michael explains if the way that NGOs practice security management has matured or if it’s still languishing 12:31 Michael talks about what differentiates the security management in the NGO sector from other sectors  15:25 Michael talks about the current state of security management around the world, within the NGO community and how mature it is  18:31 Michael talks about the acceptance of the importance of security risk management in the NGO sector both nonprofits and for-profit 22:51 Michael talks about the importance of having information analysis and analysts and how it will help security risk management mature  26:13 Michael explains if organizations are integrating the security risk management personnel with analysts and implementers in the program designs  28:55 Michael talks about the study they did on acceptance, the core principles of acceptance, and what organizations should do to implement acceptance  31:46 Michael talks more about the acceptance model that they did during their study and the people that they did it with  39:06 Michael talks about World Humanitarian Day and the significance it has on the NGO’s security or humanitarian security 42:55 Michael talks about the current biggest threats to aid workers in terms of security operations and what they should do 47:09 Michael shares his thought on the future threats that might impact the security operations of the security agencies  49:21 Michael talks about the most important lessons that he has learned over the course of his career in NGO security management 54:13 Michael shares some of the resources that he feels are essential for people who are interested in NGO security risk management  56:07 Michael talks about INSSA, what it is and what was the force or the need that led to the formation of INSSA and its initiatives  1:04:42 Michael talks about the future of INSSA and where he is hoping to see it go  1:05:47 Michael talks about where he sees the NGO security sector going as a whole Books Mentioned:  Operational Security Management in Violent Environments: https://books.google.com/books/about/Operational_Security_Management_in_Viole.html?id=Bb6FAAAACAAJ&source=kp_book_description  Never Split the Difference: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26156469-never-split-the-difference  Player Piano: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9597.Player_Piano  Shows Mentioned: http://acceptanceresearch.org/  Peace Corp: https://www.peacecorps.gov/  GIZ: https://www.giz.de/en/html/index.html  Save the Children: https://www.savethechildren.net/  OFDA: https://www.usaid.gov/who-we-are/organization/bureaus/bureau-democracy-conflict-and-humanitarian-assistance/office-us  ICRC: https://www.icrc.org/en  GPRA: a href="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/omb/mgmt-gpra/index"...