by Michael Devers | Feb 17, 2020 | Crisis Prevention
The last weekend in January of 2020 was a terrible one for aviation in the United States. Many people know of the helicopter crash on Sunday, January 26th that claimed the lives of NBA Hall-of-Famer Kobe Bryant, his thirteen-year-old daughter, and seven others. Most...
by Michael Devers | Feb 10, 2020 | On Writing
Frequently, I’m asked to write various things: articles, press releases, blurbs, descriptive paragraphs, quotes, and other random items of differing lengths. Occasionally, the person who requested the work is delighted by my efforts and sometimes I’m asked if I have a...
by Michael Devers | Feb 3, 2020 | Strategy
Pull up your calendar and take a look at last week. How many scheduled appointments were for the benefit or convenience of other people – updates, planning meetings, conference calls, providing feedback, etc.? If you’re like most people who work with other humans, the...
by Michael Devers | Jan 27, 2020 | Crisis Prevention
Every brilliant strategy, each perfectly engineered process, and any flawless safety program can all be unraveled in an instant by one insidious factor: complacency. The gradual erosion of focus and attention to a task that deserves both, complacency threatens every...
by Michael Devers | Jan 14, 2020 | Crisis Prevention, History
Something didn’t smell right. It was 5:45am and a British Petroleum (BP) employee was driving to work along the North Slope of Alaska near the oilfield town of Prudhoe Bay when he noticed an odd odor overpowering the smell of his heater and his truck. He pulled over...
