<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2175298/open_sms">Send us a text</a>One of the key tenets of crisis planning is having a surge capacity that allows you to scale up your available resources when a crisis strikes. Most companies struggle with this over time, as it can be costly to keep a PR firm or other resources on retainer. Budget cycles make this expense hard to justify, especially if your firm hasn't suffered a  major crisis. In this episode, we delve into the very public  failures of one company - Centerpoint Energy - to maintain this communications and operational surge capacity during two serious weather-driven crises in Houston in 2024. The resulting public outcry caused significant reputational damage to the utility company, despite best efforts of the available communications and operations teams to manage the incident.We'd love to hear from you. Email the show at Tom@leadinginacrisis.com.

Send us a text One of the key tenets of crisis planning is having a surge capacity that allows you to scale up your available resources when a crisis strikes. Most companies struggle with this over time, as it can be costly to keep a PR firm or other resources on retainer. Budget cycles make this expense hard to justify, especially if your firm hasn't suffered a major crisis. In this episode, we delve into the very public failures of one company - Centerpoint Energy - to maintain this communications and operational surge capacity during two serious weather-driven crises in Houston in 2024. The resulting public outcry caused significant reputational damage to the utility company, despite best efforts of the available communications and operations teams to manage the incident. We'd love to hear from you. Email the show at Tom@leadinginacrisis.com.

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2175298/open_sms" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us a text</a>One of the key tenets of crisis planning is having a surge capacity that allows you to scale up your available resources when a crisis strikes. Most companies struggle with this over time, as it can be costly to keep a PR firm or other resources on retainer. Budget cycles make this expense hard to justify, especially if your firm hasn't suffered a&nbsp; major crisis. In this episode, we delve into the very public&nbsp; failures of one company - Centerpoint Energy - to maintain this communications and operational surge capacity during two serious weather-driven crises in Houston in 2024. The resulting public outcry caused significant reputational damage to the utility company, despite best efforts of the available communications and operations teams to manage the incident.We'd love to hear from you. Email the show at Tom@leadinginacrisis.com.

EP 41 Why surge capacity matters in a crisis - the Centerpoint Energy Houston story

Interviews, stories and lessons learned from experienced crisis leaders. Email the show at Tom@leadinginacrisis.com.&nbsp; Being an effective leader in a corporate or public crisis situation requires knowledge, tenacity, and influencing skills. Unfortunately, most of us don't get much training or real experience dealing with crisis situations. On this podcast, we will talk with people who have lived through major crisis events and we will tap their experience and stories from the front lines of crisis management. Your host, Tom Mueller, is a veteran crisis manager and trainer with more than 30 years in the corporate communications and crisis fields. Tom currently works as an executive coach and crisis trainer with WPNT Communications, and as a contract public information officer and trainer through his personal company, Tom Mueller Communications LLC. Your co-host, Marc Mullen, has over 20 years of experience as a communication strategist. He provides subject matter expertise in a number of communication specializations, including crisis communication plan development, response and recovery communications, emergency notifications and communications, organizational reviews, and after-action reports. He blogs at <a href="https://marcmullen.com/blog/">Blog | Marc Mullen</a>&nbsp; Our goal is to help you&nbsp; grow your knowledge and awareness so you can be better prepared to lead should a major crisis threaten your organization. Music credit: Special thanks to Nick Longoria from&nbsp; Austin, Texas for creating the theme music for the podcast.

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Interviews, stories and lessons learned from experienced crisis leaders. Email the show at Tom@leadinginacrisis.com.  Being an effective leader in a corporate or public crisis situation requires knowledge, tenacity, and influencing skills. Unfortunately, most of us don't get much training or real experience dealing with crisis situations. On this podcast, we will talk with people who have lived through major crisis events and we will tap their experience and stories from the front lines of crisis management. Your host, Tom Mueller, is a veteran crisis manager and trainer with more than 30 years in the corporate communications and crisis fields. Tom currently works as an executive coach and crisis trainer with WPNT Communications, and as a contract public information officer and trainer through his personal company, Tom Mueller Communications LLC. Your co-host, Marc Mullen, has over 20 years of experience as a communication strategist. He provides subject matter expertise in a number of communication specializations, including crisis communication plan development, response and recovery communications, emergency notifications and communications, organizational reviews, and after-action reports. He blogs at Blog | Marc Mullen  Our goal is to help you  grow your knowledge and awareness so you can be better prepared to lead should a major crisis threaten your organization. Music credit: Special thanks to Nick Longoria from  Austin, Texas for creating the theme music for the podcast.

Interviews, stories and lessons learned from experienced crisis leaders. Email the show at Tom@leadinginacrisis.com.&nbsp; Being an effective leader in a corporate or public crisis situation requires knowledge, tenacity, and influencing skills. Unfortunately, most of us don't get much training or real experience dealing with crisis situations. On this podcast, we will talk with people who have lived through major crisis events and we will tap their experience and stories from the front lines of crisis management. Your host, Tom Mueller, is a veteran crisis manager and trainer with more than 30 years in the corporate communications and crisis fields. Tom currently works as an executive coach and crisis trainer with WPNT Communications, and as a contract public information officer and trainer through his personal company, Tom Mueller Communications LLC. Your co-host, Marc Mullen, has over 20 years of experience as a communication strategist. He provides subject matter expertise in a number of communication specializations, including crisis communication plan development, response and recovery communications, emergency notifications and communications, organizational reviews, and after-action reports. He blogs at <a href="https://marcmullen.com/blog/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Blog | Marc Mullen</a>&nbsp; Our goal is to help you&nbsp; grow your knowledge and awareness so you can be better prepared to lead should a major crisis threaten your organization. Music credit: Special thanks to Nick Longoria from&nbsp; Austin, Texas for creating the theme music for the podcast.

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