The best lessons from childhood fables still matter today. That’s the beauty of fables – the stories are simple, but the lessons are timeless, transcending the era in which they were first told. I can remember hearing Aesop’s fables told by my father as a little boy. I am pretty sure that he added a little to them, but that’s OK. The lessons still came through loud and clear. Storytelling is often the best way for managers to communicate with those they are leading. Why?

When you talk about vulnerability in the emergency management context, it is defined as the diminished capacity of an individual or group to anticipate, cope with, resist and recover from the impact of a natural or man-made hazard. Vulnerability is most often associated with poverty, but it also refers to other areas, including those who are isolated, insecure and defenseless in the face of risk, in shock or stressed.[1] An individual’s level of vulnerability is closely assoc