Expert Tells Oklahoma Business Leaders that Planning for Crises Is Important.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, April, 2002

By Tom Droege, Tulsa World, Okla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 11--Workplace shootings, terrorist bombings and other company nightmares can spiral into even worse scenarios if no plans are in place to anticipate or respond to such events.

Bruce Blythe, chief executive of Crisis Management International Inc., presented this message Wednesday to about 60 business people from around Oklahoma during a daylong conference at the Adam's Mark Hotel.

"We're trying to make order out of absolute pandemonium and chaos," Blythe said, referring to the duties of company management after a major crisis in the workplace.

Blythe headed the list of experts at the conference titled "Managing and Leading in Crisis," coordinated by the...