Author’s Note: This post marks what is intended to be the beginning of a series focused on emergency response operations with an overarching goal still being pondered, such as a book. Concepts already explored in this blog and new ones will be applied to the discussion of qualitatively changing emergency response operations. Somewhat uniquely included in this post is a detailed and expansive change process rooted in biology. A theory of change is critical to any initiative that desires to bring a new state of affairs into being. To be clear, the Cassette Series and some older works are focused on chapter-length posts that provide more exploration than the traditional shorter-read post that can unnaturally compress ideas.