Fear
Expanding our limits The emotion of fear is as old as mankind. It is what we experience as a response to physical and emotional danger.
Writing
Essays on crisis leadership
Lessons from search and rescue, disaster response, and institutional crises on leading when the ground gives way.
Facing the Fear of Thinking Big
Written by Gisli Olafsson on behalf of the Case Foundation: NetHope collaborates with 35 leading international humanitarian organizations to better serve the developing world through innovative technology and communications. Their focus is on five...
Crisis Leaders without titles
One of the best books I read this year was The Leader Without a Title by Robin Sharma who previously has authored great books like The Monk who sold his Ferrari and The Greatness Guide. In The Leader Without a Title, Robin points out that you don’t need to...
Keys to Crisis Management – Expectation Setting
This is a first blog post in a series of posts about key skills that crisis managers need to have in order to successfully manage crisis. Two years ago to the date, the prime minister of Iceland made a television address to the country, telling everyone...