Timothy Clancy
Social Science & Policy Studies
Timothy Clancy is Founder & CEO of Dialectic Simulations Consulting, LLC and a researcher focused on reducing the violence and instability. Prior to attending WPI Timothy enjoyed a 25 year career as a consultant to Fortune 100 and government agencies, including two years spent in Afghanistan supporting counter-roadside bomb analysis and retrograde for the Department of Defense.
Office Location
Remote
Contact
Phone:
678-576-4776
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Research Interests
Research Interests:
Life cycle of non-state actors (individuals or groups) such as terrorist networks, insurgencies, and emerging-state actors.
Generic Structure of Radicalization leading to predatory mass-violence.
Violence reduction methods targeted to mass-shootings, gang-violence, and intimate partner violence.
The influence of social contagion (werther effect) on the propagation of mass-shootings.
The spread of toxicity, harassment, and racism in real and virtual communities through cultural scripting.
Scholarly Work
Scholarly Work:
Clancy, T. “Three System Archetypes every Manager Should Know,” in IEEE Engineering Management Review, Newark, NJ 2018
Clancy, T. Theory of an Emerging-State Actor: The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Case. Systems 2018, 6, 16. 2018
Clancy, T. Application of Emerging-State Actor Theory: Analysis of Intervention and Containment Policies. Systems 2018, 6, 17. 2018
Clancy, T. “Chapter 11: How IBM Reduced Help Desk Escalations and Overhead Activities,” in Six Sigma software quality improvement: success stories from leaders in the high tech industry, V. Nanda and J. A. Robinson, Eds. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011. 2011
Clancy, T. “Chapter 13: Boiling the Ocean with Value Streams, Kaizens, and Kanbans,” in Six Sigma software quality improvement: success stories from leaders in the high tech industry, V. Nanda and J. A. Robinson, Eds. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011. 2011
Clancy, T. “Behavior Modes of Terrorism: A Descriptive Analysis of Ideology & Affiliation across 22 Years of Terror Attacks.” 2019
Clancy, T. “Resolving the Sageman-Hoffman Debate on Radicalization.” 2018
Clancy, T. “The Werther-effect in mass-shootings & vehicular terrorism.” 2017
Clancy, T. “Lean Pattern Models.” 2017
Clancy, T. “CPI Interventions in Project Management.” 2014
Clancy, T. “Agile approach to evolutionary project management.” 2014
Clancy, T. “Op-Ed: Directed, Inspired, & Werther Terrorism,” Rogue Dynamics, 15-Aug-2016. [Online]. Available: https://proxy.qualtrics.com/proxy/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.roguedynamics.com%2Fblogs%2Frogue-dynamics%2Fop-ed-directed-inspired-werther-terrorism&
Clancy, T. and Sommers, A. “Wicked Problems in Grey Spaces: Critical Initiative Support improving operations in Afghanistan,” Lean Management Journal, 01-May-2012. [Online]. Available: https://proxy.qualtrics.com/proxy/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-lmj.com%2F201
Clancy, T. “Department of Defense Strategic Management Plan FY2012-FY2013,” Office of the Secretary of Defense - Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer, September 2011. [Online]. Available: https://proxy.qualtrics.com/proxy/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.d
Clancy, T. “Evaluating Complexity in Value Stream Maps,” DoD CPI Newsletter, April 2011. 2011
Clancy, T. “GPRA 2010 Modernization Act,” DoD CPI Newsletter, March 2011. 2011
Clancy, T. “Department of Defense Strategic Management Plan FY 2011” Office of the Secretary of Defense - Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer, December 2010. [Online.] Available: https://proxy.qualtrics.com/proxy/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.defense.g
Clancy, T. “Department of Defense Strategic Management Plan July 09 Update,” Office of the Secretary of Defense - Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer, July 2009. [Online.] Available: https://proxy.qualtrics.com/proxy/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.defen