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...??This [job on the commission] requires a sort of dispassionate look—her distance might allow her to see things that insiders might not recognize,???? Venky said. ??If you take Livermore Labs, they have some of the very large laser facilities and they make nuclear weapons: Dean Murray had to manage complex systems in that environment and manage the risks in those complex systems.?...
...??Staff writer Xi Yu can be reached at xyu@college.harvard.edu...
...??I think that Dean Murray—especially after the Livermore Labs—has broad management skills in science and technology that will be necessary for her work on the commission,?? said Venkatesh ??Venky” Narayanamurti, former dean of SEAS...
Rice, who said that he was ??astonished by the rate at which the oil was coming out,???? said that creating a committee in which all members are highly knowledgeable about every detail of the committee's charge—in this case, the BP oil spill—is nearly impossible, particularly given the sheer size of the current catastrophe. A committee with members who specialize in different, yet relevant, areas of the issue at hand is a better fit to deal with complex disasters, Rice said...
This type of commission is not uncommon in the wake of such a large calamity, according to Kennedy School Professor Herman ??Dutch” B. Leonard ??74, who specializes in crisis management...