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7 Pieces of Crisis Simulation Exercise Advice
1. Anticipate What Could Go Wrong During the Simulation Exercise  During the exercise, it is important to anticipate what could go wrong in order to challenge participants and create a realistic problem-solving experience. As issues arise, think through how they can...
AI and its Impact on Crisis Management and Communications: An Interview with Piyali Mandal
In Episode 115 of the podcast, we interviewed Piyali Mandal who is leading the way with research on how AI is impacting the world of crisis and disaster management. We spoke about crisis communication messaging, how AI can help with forecasting risk, how it's not...
The Resiliency Journey – An Interview with Donna Speckhard
In episode 114 we spoke with Donna Speckhard who is Resilience leader at Fannie Mae. We covered everything from third party risk to global intelligence and the role it plays in operational resilience. Donna has a wealth of experience, and our discussion is one that...
5 Steps to Improving Your Crisis Management Planning: The Remediation Plan
In any organization, crisis management is key to weathering unexpected storms. But what happens after the storm has passed? Is your organization prepared to quickly and effectively recover? Remediation planning is the critical next step in maintaining a strong crisis...
Planning for Geopolitical Risk in 2023 – An Interview with Bruce McIndoe
In episode 113 of the podcast, Rob interviewed Bruce McIndoe of McIndoe Risk Advisory, LLC. Rob spoke to Bruce about Geopolitical Risk and the current situation. Bruce provided insight into his experience with helping organizations manage geological situations with a...
Preparing for Crises within Healthcare – An Interview with William Dunne
In episode 112 of the podcast, we interviewed William Dunne Lead Expert Crisis Management and Emergency Services expert at Penn State Health. William spoke about his wealth of experience in emergency and crisis management. Topics covered ranged from planning, crisis...
How to Design and Deliver Engaging and Successful Tabletop Exercises
In episode 111 of the podcast, we interviewed Lester Chng of BMO Financial. We covered some good ground in this episode. Lester talks about his career as well as scenario planning through well designed tabletop and other types of simulation exercises. Lester has some...
Finding Gaps During Exercises and Creating a Remediation Plan
In episode 110 Rob discusses the importance of creating a remediation plan after you have completed you after action report from your exercise or real incident.  More Content: Remediation Planning Blog Post
Finding Gaps During Simulation Exercises: Now What?
Once the crisis response simulation exercise has identified gaps in crisis management planning, leaders must work to create and implement a plan to remediate these findings. This can include creating additional processes or protocols, staffing up crisis teams with...
Fire Drills – an Interview with Jack MurphyÂ
In episode 109 Rob interviews Jack Murphy a Former Fire Chief from New Jersey. Jack’s background in fire safety and emergency preparedness planning for buildings is second to none.  Related Articles:...