Fight, flight or freeze
Fight, flight or freeze

When Jared L. Loughner opened fire on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and others in a supermarket parking lot in Arizona this past weekend, some ran away, some froze, and some ran…

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4 CAMS of Leading Through a Crisis
4 CAMS of Leading Through a Crisis

Alix Partners' Peter Fitzsimmons' suggests that turning around companies requires a focus on 4 CAMS: Cash, Achievable plans, Meaningful actions, and Stakeholders. Cash - Get your hands around the cash…

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Anticipated Consequences in Haiti
Anticipated Consequences in Haiti

So painful.  So preventable.  So frustrating.  It would have been one thing if Haiti had been hit by a hurricane the week after the earthquake.  But this is ten months…

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What if what if?
What if what if?

The projector could not recognize my laptop. No problem. I had 35mm slides. But the slide tray did not fit into the slide projector. No problem. I had overhead transparencies.…

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Haiti and Crisis Management
Haiti and Crisis Management

What’s happening as a result of the earthquake in Haiti is so overwhelming that no amount of preparation could have mitigated the worst of the disaster.  Yet, the basics of…

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