OODAlink » Bob Shumaker http://oodalink.com Timely Connections for Uncertain Times Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:08:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Everybody Needs a Tap Code http://oodalink.com/everybody-needs-a-tap-code/ http://oodalink.com/everybody-needs-a-tap-code/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:05:41 +0000 Nancy Harvey http://oodalink.com/?p=1315 This week, PBS aired a phenomenal series on human emotion and social interaction called “This Emotional Life.” I was particularly struck by a segment on human resilience in which a Vietnam veteran – Bob Shumaker, a POW for 8 years – shared his amazing story.

Key to surviving his ordeal was communicating with his fellow captives using a clever “tap code” they created. Having interviewed Bob, researcher Dennis Charney, Professor of Psychiatry at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, points to social support as being pivotal to human resilience:

“Everybody needs a tap code. Everybody needs a way to communicate with other people to get through tough times.“

This is precisely why we developed the OODAkit – a tap code for the 21st century.

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