Exclusive Pre-Release Preview: Why Plans Don’t Prepare You New readings will be added here as they are published. Introduction — Available Now Chapter 1: The Lie Leaders Tell Themselves — Available Now Chapter 2: Liability Anxiety Has a Cost — Available Now Chapter 3: Why Good Leaders Delay This Work — Available Now Chapter 4: … Read more
The Earliest Sign Your Company Isn’t Prepared for Disruption (And What To Do About It) The Hidden Risk Most Leaders Miss Most leaders believe disruption preparedness is about plans, tools, or budgets. But in reality, the earliest warning sign is far more subtle, and far more dangerous. It’s assumption. When leadership assumes “everyone knows what … Read more
Yes, Even Before Coffee Let’s get this out of the way: Most emergencies do not begin with sirens. They begin with a sound far more subtle… like a smoke alarm with a dying battery at 2:17 a.m., a flat tire before a meeting, or the realization that you can’t find the insurance card when you … Read more
From Prepared Families… to Prepared Communities Why 2026 Isn’t Just Another Year There’s a funny thing about resilience — nobody cares about it… …until the lights go out. …until the kids are scared. …until payroll is delayed. …until the school PA system says “This is NOT a drill.” And yet, 2025 proved something powerful. When … Read more
Why Preparedness Is the Smartest Investment You’ll Ever Make Introduction The recent Bloomberg feature, “How Climate Disasters Turned Into a Trillion-Dollar US Industry”, painted a sobering picture: the U.S. now spends nearly $1 trillion a year on disaster recovery. That’s not prevention or resilience, unfortunately that’s recovery. For businesses and community-based organizations (CBOs), this means … Read more
