Paul Bracken
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Paul Bracken is a professor of political science
and business
at Yale University
. Professor Bracken grew up in Philadelphia. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Columbia University
in 1971 and his PhD in Operations Research in 1982 from Yale University
.
Bracken is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations
, serves on the Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel, the Transformation Advisory Group of the U.S. Joint Forces Command, and advises other parts of the United States government and National Academy of Sciences
Task Forces. At Yale he is a Fellow of Silliman College
and a member of the Elizabethan Club
. He lives in Ridgefield, Connecticut
with his wife, Nanette, a practicing attorney.
Bracken teaches a large course in Yale College on Strategy, Technology and War, and in the School of Management he teaches a popular course on Business, Government and Globalization, which examines the changing structure of global business. He also teaches the new SOM course on Problem Framing, the required course on integrated management thinking for all entering MBA students. His research concerns international relations, national security, and the multinational corporation. Bracken participated in the 2010 Hertog Global Strategy Initiative, a high-level research program on nuclear proliferation. http://csis.org/blog/hertog-strategy-institute-summer-program
Bracken is also considered a respected thought leader
in global competition and the strategic application of technology in business and defense. His research and teaching focus on solutions for senior management as it deals with changing strategic developments under conditions of intense uncertainty.
Articles:
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
and business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. Professor Bracken grew up in Philadelphia. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in 1971 and his PhD in Operations Research in 1982 from Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
.
Bracken is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...
, serves on the Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel, the Transformation Advisory Group of the U.S. Joint Forces Command, and advises other parts of the United States government and National Academy of Sciences
United States National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
Task Forces. At Yale he is a Fellow of Silliman College
Silliman College
Silliman College is a residential college at Yale University. It opened in September 1940 as the last of the original ten residential colleges, and includes buildings that were constructed as early as 1901...
and a member of the Elizabethan Club
Elizabethan Club
The Elizabethan Club is a social club at Yale University named for Queen Elizabeth I and her era. Its profile and members tend toward a literary disposition, and conversation is one of the Club's chief purposes....
. He lives in Ridgefield, Connecticut
Ridgefield, Connecticut
Ridgefield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Situated in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains, the 300-year-old community had a population of 24,638 at the 2010 census. The town center, which was formerly a borough, is defined by the U.S...
with his wife, Nanette, a practicing attorney.
Bracken teaches a large course in Yale College on Strategy, Technology and War, and in the School of Management he teaches a popular course on Business, Government and Globalization, which examines the changing structure of global business. He also teaches the new SOM course on Problem Framing, the required course on integrated management thinking for all entering MBA students. His research concerns international relations, national security, and the multinational corporation. Bracken participated in the 2010 Hertog Global Strategy Initiative, a high-level research program on nuclear proliferation. http://csis.org/blog/hertog-strategy-institute-summer-program
Bracken is also considered a respected thought leader
Thought leader
Thought leader is business jargon for an entity that is recognized for having innovative ideas.The term was coined in 1994 by Joel Kurtzman, editor-in-chief of the Booz Allen Hamilton magazine, Strategy & Business. "Thought leader" was used to designate interview subjects for that magazine who had...
in global competition and the strategic application of technology in business and defense. His research and teaching focus on solutions for senior management as it deals with changing strategic developments under conditions of intense uncertainty.
Selected works
Books- Strategic Foresight: A Practical Guide to Scenarios and Alternative Futures in Business, forthcoming
- Managing Strategic Surprise: Lessons from Risk Assessment and Risk Management (with I. Bremmer and D. Gordon, ed.), Cambridge University PressCambridge University PressCambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
, 2008 - Fire in the East: The Rise of Asian Military Power and the Second Nuclear Age, HarperCollins, 1999
Articles:
- "Managing to Fail, Why Strategy is Disjointed," The American Interest, Fall, 2007
- "Financial Warfare" Orbis, Fall 2007
- "Net Assessment: A Practical Guide" Parameters, Spring 2006
- "Business War Gaming" Scenario & Strategy Planning, 2001