Lead Before the Alert

The Texas floods remind us that readiness takes more than planning—it takes timing, judgment, and the courage to question what we think we know.

Over the past 10 days, I’ve watched, as I’m sure many have, with deep sorrow as Central Texas faced catastrophic flooding. As images surfaced—bridges overwhelmed, buildings overtaken, families displaced—the scale of the disaster was sobering. Yet for me, the most haunting part has not been the flooding itself, but the growing list of names—lives lost, f…