The unexamined life is not worth living
Per Wikipedia, “The unexamined life is not worth living” is a famous phrase supposedly uttered by Socrates at his trial for impiety and corrupting youth, for which he was subsequently sentenced to death. Regardless of Socrates’ fate related to these words, it’s a great dictum to follow. And it’s particularly important for communicators to note […]
MQI for you or I?
How can you know you’re the best person for your position? Are we fully invested in Incident Command’s core tenet that every response position should be filled with the individual best suited to it? If so, we have to be certain we are actually filling the box on the organization chart that we should. It’s […]
Drinking from the firehose
Managing information flow in Incident Command At the beginning of a response, hard facts can be scarce or hard to find. As communicators, our approach to this ‘information desert’ often entails gathering every bit of information we can, regardless of its importance or relevance, to have something, anything to share. Drinking from the firehose As […]
Drivers Ed
Modern cars are incredibly capable of evasive driving. On-board stability systems prevent us from losing control, and modern tires and suspensions provide our vehicles far more agility than ever before. And yet with all this design and technology available, studies show that the average American driver will drive straight into a collision instead of using […]
Time the Waves
Can you identify this photo? A schematic of your Unified Command News Release approval process? No, though it sometimes feels like it! It’s a photo of exhaust headers from a performance car, carefully designed to maximize the flow of exhaust out of the car’s engine. A properly tuned exhaust can actually help “supercharge” an engine […]