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October 2013 www.sname.org/sname/mt (from the editorial board )Leadership, when its done well, creates new leaders. Nearly any area of human endeavor? business, education, sports, disaster relief, ministry, even politics?will yield example after example of good leaders removing roadblocks and enabling others to reach, to innovate, to achieve?and thereby to move to the next level. Im told that true leadership is a scarce commodity in the world of risk management. Identifying risk, assessing its potential impact, and developing a plan to manage it all are important skills for the risk practitioner. But, as Ive learned in putting together this issue focused on risk leadership, a rigid and strictly quantitative approach to risk can lead to missed opportunities, accidents, and serious consequences for an organization. A true risk leader will move past this kind of approach and will account for the behavioral pieces of the equation, in the process recognizing that under- standing risk is as much art as science. Our subject matter leaders for this issue, Peter Wallace and Kevin McSweeney, under- stand how these two approaches dier, and its their passion for excellent risk leadership that enabled us to bring you the expertise and perspectives of an outstanding group of authors and practitioners. Learn more about these two guys and their backgrounds below. Peter, in fact, has tied it all together while providing a road map? for understanding the structure of this issue with its ve facets approach to risk leadership. Head right over to page 24 and all will be made clear. e bottom of the page is coming up fast, so Ill sign o with a reminder that the 2013 SNAME Annual Meeting & Expo is almost here, and Im looking forward to re-connecting with as many SNAME members as time and educational sessions will allow. If youre not already planning to be there November 6-8 in Bellevue, Washington, go take a look at the superb program that SNAME has in store at www.sname.org/2013annualmeeting and then book your ight/rental car/cruise/unicycle. See you in Bellevue. Douglas R. Kelly Editor Taking the Lead Published by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers 601 Pavonia Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306 Phone: 201-798-4800 Fax: 201-798-4975 www.sname.org/sname/mt Peter G. Noble President pnoble@sname.org Erik W. Seither Executive Director eseither@sname.org Bruce S. Rosenblatt Treasurer Susan Evans Grove Publications Director sevans@sname.org Douglas R. 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October 2013 Matthew Tedesco, Chair Rod Allan Chris Cikanovich Chris Dlugokecki Vicki Dlugokecki Norbert DoerryJay Edgar Peter Tang Jensen Kevin McSweeney Peter Noble Jeom Paik Lars Rønning Erik SeitherLes SonnenmarkRik van Hemmen Peter Wallace Kevin McSweeney manages the Safety & Human Factors Group in the Corporate Technology Department of the American Bureau of Shipping. His responsibili- ties include the development of ergonomics, safety, and habitability design guidance for the maritime industry. He and his group also do innovative research with industry partners in the areas of mariner safety, safety culture, and leading indicators of safety. McSweeney has served as a human factors engineering (HFE) subject matter expert for the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, and sev- eral of the oil majors regarding HFE, system safety, and habitability practices. Peter Wallace, PE, CEng is a practicing naval architect working with crude oil tank- ers and oshore systems at BG Group in Houston, Texas. He has worked predomi- nantly with internationally trading crude oil vessels in a range of areas including class society rule development, basic and transitional design, technical ship management, new construc- tion, assurance, technical risk, and technology development. He is vice chairman of SNAMEs Panel O-36 Maritime Economics, a member of the execu- tive committee of IMarEST in Houston, a member of the leadership team of the Invention-Energy- Manufacturing Forum, and a member of corporation at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Leaders for This Issue Head right over to page 24 and all will be made clear.?