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AI Can’t Read the Room: Why Human Facilitators Are Still the Most Powerful Tool in Crisis Preparedness
By an exercise facilitator who has run hundreds of simulations, watched leadership teams under pressure, and learned one essential truth: when people are stressed, technology steps aside and the human…
Welcome to the “Return-to-Office” Five-part Series
Series authors: Mark Hoffman and Milena Maneva “Does anybody know what DAY it is?” is becoming a common question, with everyday looking and feeling the same. Back in the 1970s, the band Chicago had a hit song called “Does Anybody Know What Time It Is?” – similar…
4 Crisis Management Gaps That Require Your Attention
Have you identified what your biggest challengers are when it comes to crisis management preparedness? At PreparedEx, we have thousands of hours of experience analyzing crisis management programs and have created a list of critical gaps that exist throughout almost every sector. One of the key gaps we see…
5 Questions To Ask Prior To Your Tabletop Exercise
When planning your tabletop exercise, consider asking these 5 questions: 1. Why are we conducting this exercise? Is this a request from senior management or has it come down from the board? Is it a new internal or externally regulated requirement? Whatever the purpose, you should try to clearly define…
INTERVIEW: Expert, Viviane Vicente, Discusses Psychological Safety
Viviane Vicente, founder of Rispetto Consulting®, an advisory firm designed to help individuals and organizations navigate the globalized world and enhance their leadership potential, discusses Psychological Safety and why it is important for teams in the workplace. Q: What is Psychological Safety and how can it be observed in the…
5 Easy Steps for Validating a Business Continuity Plan with Tabletop Exercises
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has shown that many organizations were not prepared to respond to and manage the impacts caused by the virus. Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) were either not developed or were out of date. That’s why it’s essential that your BCP remains up-to-date and is regularly validated…
Crisis Exercise Design – The MSEL
The Master Sequence of Events List (MSEL), is the primary document used to manage an exercise, to know when events are expected to occur, and to know when to insert injects (information) into the exercise. A summary version of a MSEL document can also be used to assist exercise facilitators in…