Presilience and Managing Violence | Joe Saunders

How often do Judo skills really pay the bills? How should
protectors enhance their own de-escalation capabilities and what
does the term Presilience mean?


We were honoured to speak with Joe Saunders, Host of the Managing
Violence Podcast, in person live in London as part of his
European tour to answer questions including:


To what extent is Presilience creative problem solving?

What is the difference between resilience and Presilience?

Do companies still treat compliance as the 'goal' rather than
the baseline?

How important is it to still have the skills of being able to
deploy violence against aggressors anymore?

Is there an application for managing your Principal and their
expectations?

How can we persuade potential aggressors that we are not good
targets?

Does everyone need to learn how to escape from a bear hug?

How big a part of Presilience is de-escalation?

If a self defence move takes more than 2 steps would the
average person be able to remember it in a crisis?

How should protectors operate in environments where use of
force is prohibited?



More about Joe Saunders:


The Managing Violence Podcast was launched in 2018 by violence
management specialist and lifelong martial artist, Joe Saunders.
Having dedicated his working life to protecting the vulnerable
and educating the world about the realities of violence, Joe
established the Managing Violence Podcast as the preeminent
destination for interviews with true global thought leaders in
self-protection – from the hard skills to the soft skills and
everything in between.  


Joe Saunders started training martial arts at the age of four,
created a “Playground Police” force to protect bullied kids at
the age of six, and has been fascinated with violence management
and protection ever since. As an undergraduate psychology student
in Brisbane, Australia, Joe took a part-time job bouncing in
local nightclubs. This exposure to real-world violence fanned the
flames of his desire to protect and led him into roles including
executive protection, armed protection, hospital security and
senior violence management education roles. 


Today, Joe works for one of Australia’s leading risk management
consultancies, Risk 2 Solution. He is the State Manager for
Victoria and Tasmania as well as the National Practise Lead for
Occupational Violence and Aggression. He consults Federal and
State government clients, as well as private enterprise on a
full-time basis. 


Connect to Joe: 


LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/joesaundersau


Managing Violence Podcast: violencepod.com


Presilience: https://presilience.info/


Risk2Solution: risk2solution.com


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