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Business Travel & Managing Expectations
"Sir, if you are out and about, sense the situation is not right and feel that you need help, call me and I shall come get you.” ...
Wade Chapple
Dec 3, 20246 min read


Effective Communications and Developing a Functional Response Capability – Keys to Saving Lives
"Wade, I want your assurance that an incident like this will never happen again.” Geez, how do I respond to the Deputy Chief of Mission...
Wade Chapple
Apr 8, 20247 min read


Timely Reporting and When NOT to Lie!
"So how is your kidnapping case coming along?” It was a typical midweek morning in north-central Mexico as my Deputy Director, and I...
Wade Chapple
Feb 25, 20246 min read


Accountability for Travelers, "A Duty of Care Responsibility"
Night had already fallen. I got no more usable information from him except that they were wet from the rain that afternoon, the temperature
Wade Chapple
Jan 19, 20244 min read
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