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Business Brief: Expect the Unexpected

Stan Craig
Oct 2, 2013
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photo of a man about to step on a banana peelAfter US Airways Flight 1549 had to land in the Hudson River, Captain Sullenberger said while it was unexpected, he was not unprepared. How do you prepare for the unexpected?

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