Australia Ten years ago I was in Australia, near Melbourne, with people who had lived through a nightmare. The Kinglake…

Australia Ten years ago I was in Australia, near Melbourne, with people who had lived through a nightmare. The Kinglake…
How to help in disasters Trust is everything. You can move at the speed of trust. Perform within the container…
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I am thinking of some of my most treasured relationships. People in Louisiana. Friends and family. Many Louisiana friends are…
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Some of us are in professions that require the taking of an oath. We ask it of doctors, of soldiers,…
Anti-fragility We woke up today to a story about the people we elected using their knowledge of what was coming…
One of the oldest stories in the world is the story of displacement. Upended lives. Mass migrations. Wholesale disruptions of…