The Same Old Answers Won't Solve New Problems
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The Same Old Answers Won't Solve New Problems
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About this listen
In this episode of the Crisis Lab Podcast, host Kyle King dives into insights from a House subcommittee hearing on FEMA’s future. He critiques the reliance on outdated institutional models amid today’s accelerating, interconnected crises—what experts label as polycrises and perma-crises.
Kyle calls for bold rethinking: integrating cross-domain insights, leveraging first principles thinking, and embracing adaptive, failure-informed learning.
Tune in to explore how emergency management must evolve to foster truly resilient communities.
Show Highlights
[01:07] Understanding polycrises and the rise of perma-crisis
[01:59] Institutional inertia and the failure of imagination
[05:01] The expertise trap and cognitive constraints
[07:47] Innovative pathways: cross-domain thinking and first principles
[09:48] Reimagining emergency management beyond traditional models