A/Prof Benjamin Brooks

Researcher
decision making, organisational, risk management
About
A/Prof Benjamin Brooks

Research team

Type Project Research team
CRC Core Project Improving decision-making in complex multi-team environments bbrooks, cowen, scurnin, phayes
Regional Coordination Team. Photo: SA Country Fire Service.
01/2021
Report
Improving decision making, teamwork and organisational learning in eme...
Bearman,C.,Brooks,B.,Owen,C.,Curnin,S.,Hastings,P.,Stuart,H.
Decision making in complex environments. Photo credit: NSW RFS.
04/2020
Journal Article
A case study of disaster decision‐making in the presence of anomalies...
Curnin,S.,Brooks,B.,Owen,C.
Divergent thinking workshops held in New South Wales
09/2020
Report
Follow up of study participants: brain plasticity and divergent thinki...
Brooks,B.,Curnin,S.
South Australian Country Fire Service Region 1 Coordination Centre. Photo: Chris Bearman.
01/2020
Report
Decision making, team monitoring & organisational learning in emer...
Bearman,C.,Brooks,B.,Owen,C.,Curnin,S.,Hayes,P.,Stuart,H.
Ben Brooks at the SA DPC Stretch Thinking Worksop. Source: Steve Curnin
08/2020
Report
Utilisation funding: South Australia stretch thinking project
Brooks,B.,Curnin,S.
Emergency management leaders. Photo credit: AFAC.
10/2020
Journal Article
Stretch‐Thinking Loops: A New Technique for Scenario Planning
Brooks,B.,Curnin,S.
TFS State Coordination Centre. Photo: Chris Bearman.
01/2020
Report
Using the human centred design method to develop tools for non-technic...
Bearman,C.,Brooks,B.,Owen,C.,Curnin,S.
Decision making in an emergency response context. Photo: SA Metropolitan Fire Service.
05/2019
Journal Article
Managing cognitive biases during disaster response: the development of...
Brooks,B.,Curnin,S.,Owen,C.,Bearman,C.
Decision making in an emergency response context. Photo: QFES.
10/2019
Journal Article
New human capabilities in emergency and crisis management: From non-te...
Brooks,B.,Curnin,S.,Owen,C.,Boldeman,J.
Decision making. Photo: NSW RFS
08/2019
Report
Evaluation of pre-intervention data: divergent thinking and brain plas...
Brooks,B.,Curnin,S.
Tasmanian Fire Service State Control Centre. Photo: Chris Bearman.
10/2018
Report
Decision making, team monitoring and organisational learning in emerge...
Bearman,C.,Brooks,B.,Owen,C.,Curnin,S.,Stuart,H.
Photo credit: NSW RFS
08/2018
Journal Article
A literature review of methods for providing enhanced operational over...
Bearman,C.,Rainbird,S.,Brooks,B.,Owen,C.,Curnin,S.
Photo credit: NSW RFS
01/2018
Journal Article
Enhancing learning in emergency services organisational work
Owen,C.,Brooks,B.,Curnin,S.,Bearman,C.
07/2018
Journal Article
Evidence to support incident management team capability
Owen,C.,Hayes,P.,Brooks,B.,Scott,C.,Conway,G.
Decision making during the Bomjinna fire, Victoria. Photo: Laurie Anticaglia.
07/2018
Journal Article
Identifying the evidence to support incident management team capabilit...
Owen,C.,Hayes,P.,Brooks,B.,Scott,C.,Conway,G.
Photo credit: NSW RFS
03/2018
Journal Article
Human error during the multilevel responses to three Australian bushfi...
Brooks,B.,Curnin,S.,Bearman,C.,Owen,C.
09/2017
Conference Paper
Enhancing team performance
Bearman,C.,Rainbird,S.,Owen,C.,Brooks,B.,Curnin,S.
09/2017
Report
Decision making, team monitoring and organisational learning in emerge...
Bearman,C.,Brooks,B.,Owen,C.,Curnin,S.,Rainbird,S.,Stuart,H.
2017
Journal Article
Tools for monitoring teams in emergency management: EMBAM and TBM
Bearman,C.,Grunwald,J.,Brooks,B.,Owen,C.
09/2017
Conference Paper
Identifying lessons from exercising and training for emergency managem...
Brooks,B.,Curnin,S.,Bearman,C.,Owen,C.
10/2017
Journal Article
From research outcome to agency change: mapping a learning trajectory...
Owen,C.,Krusel,N.,Bearman,C.,Brooks,B.
03/2016
Report
Proposed tools for monitoring teams in emergency management
Bearman,C.,Rainbird,S.,Brooks,B.,Owen,C.
10/2016
Journal Article
An assessment of the opportunities to improve strategic decision-makin...
Brooks,B.,Curnin,S.,Bearman,C.,Owen,C.,Rainbird,S.
09/2016
Journal Article
Values and complexities in assessing strategic-level emergency managem...
Owen,C.,Brooks,B.,Bearman,C.,Curnin,S.
09/2016
Report
Decision making, team monitoring and organisational learning in emerge...
Bearman,C.,Brooks,B.,Owen,C.,Curnin,S.,Rainbird,S.,Matthews,S.
02/2015
Conference Paper
Challenges of Measuring Emergency Management Performance Under Adversi...
Owen,C.,Brooks,B.,Bearman,C.
10/2015
Report
Practical decision tools for improved decision-making in complex, time...
Bearman,C.,Brooks,B.,Owen,C.,Curnin,S.,Fitzgerald,K.,Grunwald,J.,Rainbird,S.
08/2015
Report
Decision making, team monitoring and organisational performance: Part...
Brooks,B.,Curnin,S.
Report
Practical Decision Tools for Improved Decision-Making in Complex Situa...
Bearman,C.,Brooks,B.,Owen,C.
03/2015
Journal Article
A theoretical framework for negotiating the path of emergency manageme...
Curnin,S.,Owen,C.,Paton,D.,Brooks,B.
03/2015
Journal Article
Breakdowns in coordinated decision making at and above the incident ma...
Bearman,C.,Grunwald,J.,Brooks,B.,Owen,C.
08/2015
Report
Decision making, team monitoring and organisational performance: Part...
Bearman,C.,Brooks,B.,Owen,C.,Curnin,S.,Fitzgerald,K.,Grunwald,J.,Rainbird,S.
Conference Proceedings
Politics, Policies and Paradigms: Challenges of Change in Future Emerg...
Owen,C.,Bosomworth,K.,Bearman,C.,Brooks,B.,Fogarty,L.,Conway,G.
Report
Discussion paper synopsis: challenges for strategic emergency manageme...
Owen,C.,Bosomworth,K.,Brooks,B.
Conference Proceedings
The Problems of Maintaining Effective Teamwork During Out-of-Scale Eve...
Bearman,C.,Owen,C.,Brooks,B.,Grunwald,J.
Report
Strategic emergency management in Australia and New Zealand - discussi...
Owen,C.,Bosomworth,K.,Bearman,C.,Brooks,B.
Report
Training Pathways for Effective Emergency Management Coordination abov...
Brooks,B.,Owen,C.
Report
Summary of issues emerging in coordination breakdown from secondary so...
Brooks,B.
31 Aug 2020
Divergent Thinking and Brain Plasticity
decision making
Key findings: Emergency managers sometimes need to think outside the box. We created a technique...
27 Aug 2019
Team Management, Decision Making & Organisational Learning
decision making
In this project we’ve developed a number of tools that can help people to better manage teams, make...
Decision Making, Team Monitoring & Organizational Learning: 2018 Update
18 Sep 2018
Decision Making, Team Monitoring & Organizational Learning: 2018 Update
decision making, emergency management
The project is providing practical techniques and strategies to help people function in more...
Decision making, team monitoring & organisational learning: 2017 update
30 Jun 2017
Decision making, team monitoring & organisational learning: 2017 update
decision making, emergency management
This project has three main research streams that are:Providing enhanced methods of making...
Chris Bearman Conference Poster 2016
12 Aug 2016
Decision making, team monitoring and organisational learning
infrastructure, resilience
This project has three main research streams that are:•Providing enhanced methods of making...
A Twelve Step Program Towards Safety Redemption in Emergency Management
18 Aug 2015
A Twelve Step Program Towards Safety Redemption in Emergency Management
emergency management, policy
The journey towards a mature system for managing safety has previously been imagined as a 'ladder'...
Decision Making, Team Monitoring and Organisational Learning
18 Aug 2015
Decision Making, Team Monitoring and Organisational Learning
decision making
This Project aims to provide enhanced ways of:Making decisions in complex situationsMonitoring...
Practical decision tools for improved decision-making in complex situations
25 Aug 2014
Practical decision tools for improved decision-making in complex situations
There is increasing pressure on agencies from larger-scale natural hazards, financial constraints...

Resources credited

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HazardNoteEdition 22 May 2020 Creating psychologically safe teams and managing cognitive bias in strategic decision making PDF icon Save (449.62 KB) decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
Guide-Fact Sheet 21 May 2020 Cognitive Bias Aide Memoire PDF icon Save (147.31 KB) communication, decision making, emergency management
Guide-Fact Sheet 21 May 2020 Psychological Safety Checklist PDF icon Save (151.59 KB) communication, decision making, emergency management
Presentation-Slideshow 24 Sep 2019 Accountability in research utilization. What are we all juggling? PDF icon Save (1.91 MB) decision making
Presentation-Slideshow 16 Apr 2018 Team monitoring, decision making & organisational learning PDF icon Save (1.41 MB) decision making, emergency management
Presentation-Slideshow 07 Sep 2017 Enhancing teamwork PDF icon Save (349.78 KB) capability, decision making, emergency management
Presentation-Slideshow 07 Sep 2017 Identifying lessons from exercising and training for strategic emergency management decision-making PDF icon Save (512.17 KB) capability, decision making, emergency management
HazardNoteEdition 28 Jun 2017 Helping agencies learn from experience PDF icon Save (656.75 KB) decision making, education, risk management
HazardNoteEdition 23 Jun 2017 Tools to enhance emergency management team performance PDF icon Save (568.01 KB) decision making, emergency management, multi-hazard
Presentation-Slideshow 18 Apr 2017 Team monitoring, decision making & organisational learning PDF icon Save (1.33 MB) decision making, emergency management
Presentation-Slideshow 30 Aug 2016 Team monitoring tools - Chris Bearman PDF icon Save (674.21 KB) capability, decision making, emergency management
Presentation-Slideshow 30 Aug 2016 Transforming the decision-making capabilities of leaders in emergency management - Ben Brooks PDF icon Save (1.04 MB) capability, decision making, emergency management
Presentation-Slideshow 17 May 2016 Decision making, team monitoring and organisational learning PDF icon Save (1.79 MB) communication, decision making, multi-hazard
Presentation-Slideshow 10 Apr 2015 Decision Making 2015 NSW RAF Presentation PDF icon Save (1.98 MB) decision making, education
Presentation-Slideshow 08 Sep 2014 Challenges of measuring emergency management performance under adversity PDF icon Save (1.69 MB) decision making

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