As I’ve said many times before, “crisis happens” (bumper stickers are at the printers.) We can’t stop or even control it when it starts, but we can take steps to contain and mitigate the kind of long term impact that make crisis so dangerous. In previous “101” posts I wrote about recognizing, preparing for and […]
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Being a public information officer for an organization with a diverse array of nearly a dozen distinct missions made every day exciting. On any given day, I might be talking to the media and stakeholders about maritime search and rescue and law enforcement, chemical and petroleum environmental pollution response or how icebergs in the North […]
This post should really be titled “If You’re Not Collaborating With Others During a Crisis Situation, You Need to Rewrite Your Crisis Plan.” Of course, if that particularly wordy title appeared in the editorial queue, I’d get one of those calls from Paul. Here’s the thing about being at the center of a crisis – […]
Coal miners used to take caged canaries into mine shafts to serve as primitive early warning systems in case the air became toxic. If the bird kicked over in its cage, the miners knew danger was in the air – literally. In this post, I’ll talk about an early warning system you can use to […]
Some reading assignments for a few classes got me to thinking about the power I’ve attributed to maxims throughout the years. Sure, they’re more of a “good to have” than a “must have” item, but so is everything else that doesn’t directly contribute to meeting your Maslows. But, as Socrates says in Plato’s Crito, “the […]
The Crisis Communicator 