Barry C. Dorn (born 1941) is an American physician who is Associate Director of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative (NPLI), a joint program of Harvard T.H.
He is also an Instructor in Public Health Practice at HSPH and Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the Tufts University School of Medicine.
Dr. Dorn has interviewed both domestic and international leaders in an attempt to better understand the thinking behind effective leadership.
From this work, conducted in collaboration with Leonard J. Marcus and Joseph Henderson, the idea of Meta-leadership originated and was published in the journal Biosecurity & Bioterrorism.
[7] The Meta-leadership framework and practice method has been adopted by the White House Homeland Security Council as well as many other governmental agencies.