The reading, the thinking and the principles underneath the work.
Twenty seven years of it, in no particular order of importance. Some of this is doctrine. Some of it is a book that changed how I saw a problem, and some of it is a post from 2012 that I would write differently today and have left exactly as it was written anyway, because a dated record is worth more than a tidy one.
Command, and what the years taught
Where the standard came from, and who enforced it.
- How We Got Here
- 27 Years Of Lessons
- We Make Complex Simple
- When The Mission Chooses You
- Return To Active Duty
- Update, Data Received
- Independent CEO Lessons Learned
- From Dreams of Flight to Saving Lives: The Legacy of Innovation and Courage
- Original Company Founders
- Circling Back to the Beginning
Prevention doctrine
Prevention. Response. Options. In that order. #NEVERHERE™ is the destination and everything below is how we argue for it.
- Three Places One Standard
- Play to Win: #NEVERHERE™
- All-Hazard Prevention Leadership
- Prepared, Not Scared: How Chris Grollnek and ASPP™ Are Shaping a National Standard for Prevention
- The Vision Others Refuse to See
- Be Prepared Without Being Paranoid
- Post Incident DeBriefs
- Continuity of Operations Plans
- Emergency Response Plans and What Happens After an Incident?
- Definition of a Critical Incident and Emergency Management
- Limit Lines as they Pertain to Perimeter Security
The reading behind the work
Sun Tzu, Locke, and the psychology of who gets selected and why. None of it is decoration. The arguments underneath prevention are old arguments: people have been writing about deterrence, obligation and the cost of being unprepared for a very long time, and the work goes better when you know what they already settled.

- The Asymmetric Nature of Evil
- Sun Tzu The Art of War Presentation
- The Blood, The Mud, The Sweat and The Tears
- The History of Special Operations Psychological Selection
- The Social Contract Theory of John Locke
Policy, law and liability
The part nobody reads until it matters.
- Presidential Executive Order
- Compliance
- Healthcare & OSHA-3148
- Government
- Keeping Our Democracy Free from Hypocrisy
- Balancing Administration of Justice and Security
- Issues that Fueled Federal Involvement in Combating Crime, A Policy Perspective by Chris Grollnek
- Alabama Man Arrested for Online Soliciting a Minor
- Probable Cause
- Duty to Train, Check Back for Case Law on Vicarious Liability for Management
- Ethics and Torture, an Abstract
The business of it
What it costs, who to hire, and how to tell the difference.

- 12 Ways to Influence Others to Do Business
- Failure Event Statistics researched by Chris Grollnek
- Security and Risk Management Consulting
- Sample of Consulting Contract Report Intro Summary to Customer (released with their permission and redacted at their request)
- Thoughts About Security and Risk Management Consulting, Who to Hire?
From the archive
Older posts, kept as written.
- Today’s Fast Three
- Overcome Fear with a Safety Plan in Your Nonprofit Workplace
- Happy New Year 2015 Chris Grollnek Sends
- Chris Grollnek Contact Information
- Happy New Year 2013 here we come Chris Grollnek Sends///
- Obituary of America if Nothing Changes
- Follow Me on Twitter, the Blog Safety Tips are Giving way to Twitter Tips
- Today’s Quote for Tomorrow’s Practices…
- Found a Great Photo from my “younger days”
- Not a Post on Topic but an Incredible Story to Share
- Are You The Next Prisoner?
- Crime Control vs. Due Process
- This Came from the Innocence Project’s Media Release Today
- Welcome to: “It Will Never Happen Here”
Where it all runs
Standards that get enforced, rehearsed long before they are needed, and held on the days nobody is watching. That is the whole argument underneath the P.R.O. Model™.




