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Stuart Smolkin - Disaster Managment Lessons from Katrina
Inside Social Innovation
English - January 13, 2008 07:00 - 49 minutes - 22.6 MB - ★★★★ - 20 ratingsEducation News foundations philanthropy nonprofits socialentrepreneurs socialinnovation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Stuart Smolkin's conveyor belt manufacturing company, Intralox, had no disaster plan in place. The company had to deal with the disruption of electricity, phones, and computer systems in order to organize evacuated employees into recovery teams. How did Intralox get running again in a mere 30 days? In this Stanford podcast, Smolkin offers lessons on preparedness for businesses faced with disruption.
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