Red Teaming Flashcards
what does Red Teaming do
creates & illuminates pathways to better decisions by employing structured techniques to ID hiddne dangers, reveal unseen possibiliteis, and facilitate creative alternatives. a form of risk management for hte human brain
reasons why plans fail
- ideas of leader only are followed
- do things as always done
- ignored ambiguous/complex topics thinking they don’t matter
- jr knew of problem but did not report or didn’t want to contraidct SME/senior
- actions of adversary/competitore deraile dthe plan
- followe shortcuts
impact of shortcuts
safe time/energy but might not fit all situations
what is red teaming
flexible cognitive approach to thinking/planning.
uses structured tools/techniques to help ask better questions, challenge explicit/implict assumptions, expose information we otherwise owuld have missed, develop alternatives with might not have ralized exist
- cultivates mental agility to allow RT to rapidly shift between multiple POV to develop a more throough understanding of complex situations/environments. input of everyone an dlevel of proteciton from unseen biases/tendencies inherent in all
ACT
applied critical thinking
- better understanding of our critical thinking, ability to deconstruct arguments. ID assumptions/biases/restate ideas, generate/eval alernatives
self-authorship
internal capacity to define one’s beliefs, identity, and social relations
3 elements of self-authorship
- trusting the internal voice
- building an internal foundation
- securing internal commitments
what 2 assumptions grounds the theory of self-authorship
- people create knowledge by interpreting their own personal experiences. analyze/judge experiences from an individual perspective and the resultinginformation is knowledge
- knowledge of self has an underlying structure that is developmental in nature. as a person matures, the ability to know own self develops/changes/mature
why does temperment determine behavior
b/c behavior is the instrument for getting us what we must have. our behaviors cluster into activity patterns organized around thems of needs/core values specific to each temperment
what is temperament
represents our repeated patterns of behavoir. our comfort zone. the way we make decisions, communicate, prioritize
introversion (3)
- directing our energy to internal stimuli
- thinking through internally befoe we share any thoughts
- doing our best processing though quiet individual contepmplation
extroversion (3)
- directing our energy outward for external stimuli
- thinking thoughs through externally as we brainstomr out loud
- doing our best processing through collaboorative interaction
contextual self
how we prefer to act in the moment of any given situation
developed self
representing behavior/skill we learn as we grown from those situation
“anyone can become angry…”
- Aristotle
“anyone can become angry, thta is easy. but to be angry with the right person to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not easy”
2 dimensions of emotional intelligence
self awareness of emotinos
self-management of emotions
social awareness
developed through recognition of the emotions of others which facilitates the development of cognitive empathy (ability to understand other pov)
how do you develope social awareness/cognitive empathy
verbal interaction,
active listening,
asking relevant & impactful questions,
accurately interpreting non-verbal communications and cues
strategic listening
seeking information to facilitate choices or open a space for new ways of talking about a problem
how is active listening measured
measured as the perceived quality and quantity of your intereste. absense is lack of concern or importance
technique to reveal the relevant perceptions that lead to conflict
pausing to revisit ideas an reflec ton similarieies/differences between temparaments can reveal the relevant perceptions that led to conflict
looking inward
introspection
what do self-aware Red Teamers know
values, behaviors, beliefs, personal stories, motivtaions, goals differe from team to deam
* mindful that how we see ourselves (what we say/do) may be quite different from how others perceive
what does self-awareness help Red Teamers do
- optimize interpersonal communications
- positively influence/persuade
- leverage preferences, talents, skills
- unravel gaps, differenes, conflicts
- appreciate/empathize w/others
-consider other perspective - think more broad
cultural relativism
the view that ethical and social standards reflect cultural context from which they are derived. upholds that cultures differe fundamentally from each other and so do the moral frameworks that structure relations with in different societies
your culture is superior ot others
ethnocentrism
ethnocentrism & war gaming
ethnocentrism - your culture is superior to others. negative/distored sterotypes and blind to the ability to see the world thorugh the oeyes of others
3 problems of distorted sterotypes
polarizing
simplistic
self-serving