Mark Saylor is a certified chess master.
Just 30 seconds after examining a game in progress, he says, "I can tell you where likely battles are going to occur." Most of the time, he adds, the games "will play out that way, unless somebody makes a huge mistake."
The ability to predict critical moves is valuable in chess, but it also serves Saylor, 53, well in his profession. A member of LA-based crisis communications firm Sitrick & Company until earlier this year, ...