Operational Awareness Playbook

The Operational Awareness Playbook is designed for public safety leaders, corporate security executives, emergency managers, and organizational decision-makers responsible for making high-stakes decisions in uncertain environments.

Building on the principles introduced in Left of Bang, this playbook is a growing library of practical resources—articles, decision games, how-to guides, and planning tools—to help leadership teams anticipate challenges, identify critical decision points, align decisions, and act before a crisis takes hold.

The Operational Awareness Playbook complements the Watch Office Situation Reports by helping organizations apply what they’re seeing to real-world decisions and operations.

Through articles, interactive decision games, how-to guides, and practical job aids, the playbook helps turn theory into action—developing habits, systems, and shared understanding that drive real-world readiness.

Know What’s Coming. Know What to Do. Get Left of Bang


This Playbook is available to Left of Bang Academy subscribers (unless noted as a public article). Consider upgrading to a monthly or yearly subscription.


Table of Contents

Information Sharing

How The Watch Office Helps

From Decisions to Actions