Crisis Management

Why Values Trump Rules and Regulation

Dov Seidman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business


Dov Seidman

More regulation, and in particular a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, could be a very good thing, but we shouldn't rush to regulation without careful consideration of two key questions.

Michael Vick in the Theater of Redemption

Eric Dezenhall | Posted 08.25.2009 | Entertainment


Eric Dezenhall

Vick's comeback will be tied to three variables: His athletic skill, his ability to keep his nose clean, and the passage of time, which tends to be surprisingly merciful.

Why I Don't Want the Recession to End Yet

Dov Seidman | Posted 08.22.2009 | Business


Dov Seidman

Now that there are signs of recovery, there's a part of me that doesn't want things to get too good too fast. We could use some more time to understand what went wrong with our economy.

Steve Jobs and the Dividends of Secrecy

Eric Dezenhall | Posted 08.13.2009 | Business


Eric Dezenhall

In an age where you can log onto your laptop and, within minutes, zoom in on the front door of a stranger's house, our culture suffers the collective delusion that it has the "right" to know everything about everybody.

Palin, Sanford and the Art of Spontaneous Combustion

Eric Dezenhall | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics


Eric Dezenhall

The one word that surfaces in virtually all scandal media analysis is "mishandled," as in "How could Palin and Sanford have mishandled their crises so badly?"

The Criminalization of Risk and the Coming Flack Attack

Eric Dezenhall | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics


Eric Dezenhall

In impending financial prosecutions, the government will have the narrative advantage and, when one's freedom is on the line, a play for the hearts and minds of the judge and jury couldn't hurt.

Bad Press Is a Sign of Bad Leadership

Penny Herscher | Posted 03.01.2009 | Business


Penny Herscher

Good CEOs earn their pay by creating jobs and shareholder value -- and as importantly they get good press for their companies.

"Crisis??" BE WARY!

Deane Waldman | Posted 12.08.2008 | Living


Deane Waldman

There is great danger when you see or hear the word "crisis." Beware. Be wary. Watch out. The word crisis implies that something is going to crash, ...

The Curse Of The Eternally Urgent

David Allen | Posted 04.22.2008 | Living


David Allen

Ignoring secondarily important actions and projects because you are too busy and concerned with urgent things fosters continual crisis management. It ...