Crisis Ahead with Edward Segal

It’s not a matter of if a crisis will hit your agency or company, it’s when — and how much damage it will cause to careers, reputations, bottom lines and more. Each week Crisis Ahead host Edward Segal interviews government officials, corporate executives and experts about different crisis situations and what you can learn from the successful and failed crisis management strategies, tactics and techniques of others.


Latest Podcasts / Episodes

  • How is the Biden administration managing the crisis at the southern border? What more can or should be done? Is there a role for the business community in addressing this worsening situation? In this episode,…
    March 20, 2023
  • Every industry is facing some level of cyber risk. Kate Kuehn, Chief Trust Officer at Aon, shares her advice and insights on how those in the private and government sectors can determine their readiness for…
    March 13, 2023
  • Bob Ackley is a nationally known gas safety expert and president of Gas Safety Inc. In this episode, he discusses the natural gas leaks and explosions that can create a crisis for companies and communities.…
    March 6, 2023
  • New technology can often come with dangers, downsides, and disadvantages. Take deepfakes, for example. The manipulated videos make it appear that someone is saying something they never said. This form of disinformation has the potential…
    February 27, 2023
  • Social media platforms can be mixed blessings for government agencies and the private sector. While Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other sites can be used to reach target audiences quickly in a crisis, the messages and…
    February 20, 2023
  • Just because a company or government agency did not have a crisis today, there’s no guarantee they won’t have a crisis tomorrow. Paul Washington is the executive director of The Conference Board’s Environmental, Social &…
    February 13, 2023
  • How well are the Biden administration and corporate America communicating about the worsening climate crisis? And what could they learn from each other?   Stacy Rosenberg is an associate teaching professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s…
    February 6, 2023
  • What can government and corporate executives who want to prepare for a crisis learn from how the Federal Emergency Management Agency does its job? The people at FEMA may have more experience responding to various crises…
    February 1, 2023
  • U.S. Army Maj. Stephen Von Jett joined the faculty of the Defense Information School’s Public Affairs and Communication Strategy Directorate in July 2021.   Von Jett previously served as the operations officer for the directorate…
    January 22, 2023