In this episode of Matters of Consequence, Michael Hanf speaks with Nolan Rollins about what leadership looks like after the cameras have left.
When Nolan arrived in New Orleans two years after Hurricane Katrina, the public story was about rebuilding. But on the ground the reality was different. Entire neighbourhoods were still missing. Trust was thin. And the system was quietly revealing what it valued.
He describes his role during those years as that of a translator. Someone moving between rooms with power brokers in the morning and devastated communities in the afternoon, trying to help each side understand the other.
In the conversation we talk about what rebuilding actually felt like, why a strategic plan was less important than a tourniquet, and the personal cost of what Nolan calls tragic leadership.
A reflective conversation about responsibility, translation, and the loneliness that can come with carrying both.
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