Crisis Stress: Part 2 – Acute Stress Response (ASR)

Read part one of this series: Crisis Stress: Part 1 – How and Why a Crisis Affects…
Continue reading »Red Alert, Red Alert – You Need to Stop Using Code Words

Nearly 20 years ago, Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Pictures gifted us the movie Monsters Inc….
Continue reading »Rebutting False Information

A recent online post from the Association for Psychological Science delivered, I think, a critical message for…
Continue reading »#LVShooting: Clark County Trauma Center Sets Admirable Example

Days after the shooting stopped, the tragedy in Las Vegas continues to unfold as authorities unravel the…
Continue reading »Heroic Actions or Mindless Mistakes

I recently read an article, What not to do in a disaster, courtesy of the BBC. It’s…
Continue reading »Risk Management and the Importance of Disruptive Event Management

Republished with permission of: R3 Continuum. Read original article. Controlling the probability of disruptive events is a…
Continue reading »The Case Against Preparedness

The U.S. Coast Guard’s motto is “Semper Paratus.” For those of you who did not take Latin…
Continue reading »Delta University Tragedy – Communications Load Balancing, Load Testing and Dark Websites
The day after thousands of people gathered for a candlelight vigil memorializing a professor killed by a…
Continue reading »Crisis Communication – The Getting it Right Dilemma

This week I have had the opportunity to collaborate with the esteemed Communication Expert, Linda Tavlin in…
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