When is the last time your organization ran a crisis simulation exercise? While the reasons are many, some that serve as a foundation for a strategic-based approach to tabletop exercise programs include: Provides an Opportunity to Review and Analyze Risk In every business environment where there’s risk, continual assessment of known risks as well…
Many leaders are not ready to face a crisis due to lack of experience. If you think about the large-scale crises that have taken place in recent years, you’ll notice a pattern of poor decision-making throughout most of those events. Poor decisions are often made because leaders can’t lead under stressful circumstances, it’s not day-to-day…
In week five of the Whiteboard Wednesday video series, Rob discusses his “checklist” for the Principles of Crisis Management. Resource: Principles of Crisis Management Training – Atlanta
Crisis simulation scenarios provide at least two important services – First, it provides a plausible starting point or setting for the exercise participants to examine particular challenges as well as responses to a crisis (e.g., hurricane, flooding, earthquake, explosion, cyber attack, workplace violence, contaminated products, etc.). One of he chief challenges in scenario development…
In this fourth installment of the Whiteboard Wednesday video series, Rob discusses setting the operational rhythm of your briefing cycle and how to maintain the discipline.
Guest contributor: Jo Detavernier, SCMP, APR – Owner of Detavernier Strategic Communication Most communicators in large organizations who take the helm during a crisis have been well prepared for the moment. They have been sufficiently trained to think strategically in a crisis, and very often have knowledge of Situational Crisis Communication Theory and Stealing…
In this third installment of the Whiteboard Wednesday video series, Rob discusses the role of the Crisis Coordinator, from horizon scanning, through recovery and “lessons learned”.
In this second episode of the Whiteboard Wednesday video series, Rob Burton discusses the BCM Lifecycle.
Catching up with Rob Burton – California earthquakes, new PreparedEx content and more!
In episode 62 of the PreparedEx podcast series, we interviewed Lawrence Roberge. We discussed some of the current threats to the world in terms of bio-terror and what businesses should do to understand how they should be preparing for these threats. Lawrence on Linkedin