Posts in “emergency”
Do You Know Who’s Steering Your Ship?
By: Dr. Gaby Cora
The Italian cruise tragedy raises several concerns starting from “who was in charge,” to “what was the contingency plan,” to “what was the multi-layered plan in case of an emergency.”
This is a terrible and shocking situation of great magnitude that forces all of us to take a serious look into our organization’s leadership structure, systems, and contingency plans.
There are captains and then there are leaders.
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Stay Awake While Working at Night
By: Dr. Gaby Cora
The Federal Aviation Administration suspends a controller for watching a movie during his shift. This is another incident to add to other suspensions, mostly for sleeping on the job. Who’s at fault: the controller or the system in which the controller works? Although workers may focus better at their daytime job, night work offers a challenge: how do you stay awake when you are alone and when you are not so busy?
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Under Pressure
Under pressure, Julien Duret of Lyon, France, jumped to the icy waters in New York City as he rescued two year old Bridget Sheridan. Her perplexed father jumped right after him to save his daughter. Duret handed her to the mortified dad.
Duret says he didn’t think twice about jumping in and saving the girl. He reacted fast and had never done anything like this before, he says.
How common – or uncommon – is it for us to react under pressure?
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