Inside PG&E | What I Learned Pitching California’s Biggest Threat

When a culture of risk aversion creates the risk of harm

Steve Moffatt
Nov 5 · 7 min read
Source: Creative Commons

In a back meeting room, on a modest-looking floor filled with tall cubicles, PG&E opened my pitch with a long safety briefing on emergency procedures for an active shooter, incident threats, emergency contact numbers, and the evacuation plan. It was a cue that…

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