During the second world war, he was involved in intelligence, attached to Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, receiving and coordinating behind-the-lines intelligence.
His teachers' fund has been a driving force behind the Canadian Coalition of Good Governance, set up in 2002 to bring institutional investors together to coordinate behind-the-scenes pressure on public companies to improve their governance.
The two companies will coordinate behind the scenes to cut costs while continuing to be rivals in the marketplace.
But as the crisis in Congo unfolded this week and it became increasingly clear that the two countries were coordinating behind the scenes, some Zimbabwean officials were also startlingly candid about the enormous power they wield.
"I said to Ayckbourn, 'I booked a bed in Bellevue as soon as it opens.' " Coordinating everything behind the scenes is Kate Broderick, the production supervisor.
If they are coordinating closely behind the scenes, they are keeping it a very good secret.
Ordinary Libyans fought to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi while Nato's air campaign, driven by Britain and France while Obama "led from behind", was coordinated with Arab Gulf allies who backed rival rebel groups.
"Whether she'll be ready to run or interested in running nobody can say," said Andrei Cherny, chairman of the state Democratic Party who is trying to coordinate all the behind-the-scenes machinations.
That's the theory behind PAYFAZZ, which coordinates with banks to create a distributed network of bank agents that can operate from wherever — even their own homes.
We established the exact coordinates of the villages they'd left behind.
He added that when Iraqi forces identify an Isis stronghold, they may pass on the coordinates to US "forward air controllers" serving behind the front line.
