Note: Started this collection March 17 (and went backwards from there, then forward, to assemble a lot of the VI I’d been seeing on Twitter regarding COVID-19, coronavirus, global pandemic – however you’d like to refer to this). The first page quickly filled up, and started loading slow, so I started page two to keep the viewing experience optimal. […]
This is the final piece this week here on the blog to commemorate ten years since the Deepwater Horizon offshore rig explosion and subsequent devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. If you’re reading this, I hope you’ll also consider reading the insightful pieces from my friends and colleagues Ana Visneski and Chris O’Neil, […]
My Deepwater Horizon BP Oil Spill experiences are somewhat different than that of my colleagues. I didn’t get to deploy to Louisiana until October 2010. I never got to stand up a joint information center. I had just returned to full duty five days before Deepwater Horizon, following 57 days convalescent leave, with a year’s […]
Note: Started this collection March 17 (and went backwards from there, then forward, to assemble a lot of the VI I’d been seeing on Twitter regarding COVID-19, coronavirus, global pandemic – however you’d like to refer to this). The first page quickly filled up, and started loading slow, so I started page two to keep the viewing experience optimal. […]
Today marks 10 years since the Deepwater Horizon disaster. One key communication lesson from that seems to have been forgotten. Specifically, the lesson – Never let your leadership say something is under control or make statements that underestimate the impact of a disaster. No one likes a know-it-all, especially because in disasters the know-it-all is […]
The Crisis Communicator 