Rick Shaw

Incidents are increasing in numbers and “costs” (lives, futures, reputations, response, recovery, lawsuits, insurance, etc.) and most have the SAME RECURRING PROBLEMS. Facts reveal most incidents had pre-incident indicators, had numerous sources of information and had numerous resources who could have taken pre-incident prevention actions if they had been equipped to see the historical and the escalating pre-incident indicators that were scattered across silos.     Facts reveal most organizations implemented security solutions, access controls, incident reporting, law enforcement, threat assessment teams, and had other resources, but were NOT equipped to address the silos, blind spots, and many other recurring problems.   Recurring problems ARERead More →

Incidents are increasing in numbers and “costs” (lives, futures, reputations, response, recovery, lawsuits, insurance, etc.) and most have the SAME RECURRING PROBLEMS. Facts reveal most incidents had pre-incident indicators, had numerous sources of information and had numerous resources who could have taken pre-incident prevention actions if they had been equipped to see the historical and the escalating pre-incident indicators that were scattered across silos.     Facts reveal most organizations implemented security solutions, access controls, incident reporting, law enforcement, threat assessment teams, and had other resources, but were NOT equipped to address the silos, blind spots, and many other recurring problems.   Recurring problems ARERead More →

Bias, we all make bias-based decisions. The definition of bias is having a prejudice in favor of or against one thing, a person, or a group, usually in a way considered to be unfair. Bias-based decisions can also be described as blind certainty and closed-minded. Bias-based decisions can cost lives, futures, reputations, bottom lines, safety, and more.   Some common biases include: Confirmation bias which involves relying too heavily on information consistent with pre-existing beliefs. Verification bias which involves searching for information that aligns with preconceived notions of a situation and neglecting to thoroughly investigate other existing sources of information and facts that could challenge yourRead More →

First Preventers believe: Safety is different than Security Pre-Incident Prevention is far safer than Incident Response In connecting dots/silos before tragedies rather than after tragedies Silos are the most common and dangerous cause of failed pre-incident preventions Security solutions do not solve dangerous, common silos problems/failures The current state of things – status quo – is not good enough or safe enough Children shouldn’t graduate from school/college with PTSD Teachers/Faculty shouldn’t retire from school/college with PTSD Return on Prevention is a life-time of returns, much better than Return on Regret In the Butterfly Effect, one small thing can lead to saving lives, futures, and moreRead More →

Dangerous SILOS and other barriers are old, long-term, recurring, and expensive problems in need of a new and different category of solutions to prevent more incidents before they occur and to deliver better safety as violence hits record levels. At Awareity, our mission is moving people, organizations, and communities beyond security to a different and safer future by utilizing a different category of solutions. FAILED PREVENTIONS are responsible for thousands of innocent lives being lost, futures being ruined, millions of dollars in knee-jerk product acquisitions (that are not prevention focused), and millions of dollars in liabilities, lawsuits, and settlements. Research and post-incident reports expose mostRead More →

For the last 20+ years since Columbine and 9-11 and thousands of other incidents and tragedies, billions of dollars have been invested into security solutions, response drills, and emergency training. For the last 20+ years incidents and tragedies have been increasing, some to record levels, so are the billions of dollars in investments delivering the ROI (return on investment) people want and need for their SAFETY? Data and legal settlements reveal costs, liabilities, and consequences with school shootings, workplace violence, and community violence as well as other incidents (suicides, overdoses, sexual abuse, trafficking, bullying, etc.) are also increasing.  So, unless you prefer being in responseRead More →