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How AI Agents Are Transforming Crisis Management and Simulation Exercises
Crisis management has always required speed, clarity, and coordination under pressure. Yet many organizations still rely on manual processes, static plans, and inconsistent training approaches. As threats become more complex,…
Is Your Crisis Team Now in “Familiarity Breeds Complacency” Mode?
The COVID-19 pandemic has required organizations to form new routines. Many crisis management team members are working remotely and have now become used to the comfort of their home office, the convenience of Zoom meetings and all sorts of other new procedures driven by defensive measures taken against the pandemic…
Is Your Crisis Communications Pitch Perfect?
Guest contributor: Jo Detavernier, SCMP, APR – Owner of Detavernier Strategic Communication Over the last few decades, crisis communicators have been handed from academics different empirically validated theories that help them make the best possible choices in a crisis. Situational Crisis Communications Theory (SCCT) and Stealing Thunder are two…
Tabletop Exercise – Pros and Cons
Advantages and Disadvantage of the Tabletop Exercise I came across some information regarding the main advantages and disadvantages of tabletop exercises. I decided to expand on the list based on my experience and knowledge of conducting these types of exercises regularly. The tabletop exercise is the most common kind of…
Return-to-Office: Q & A with Mark and Milena
Series authors: Mark Hoffman and Milena Maneva Previous article: Return-to-Office: Sample Return-to-Office Protocol This is the final installment of our five-part series on Return-to-Office. Milena and I want to thank you for following our series and offer a special thanks to those of you who joined our webinar. …
Near Horizon – A COVID-19 Recovery Exercise
So many business continuity issues must be considered over the next few weeks and months – – ranging from business survival, protecting employee health, protecting existing customer relations while gaining new ones, protecting supply chains, liquidity and so on. Near Horizon — A Covid-19 Recovery Exercise is designed to help…
Return-to-Office: Sample Return-to-Office Protocol
Series authors: Milena Maneva and Mark Hoffman This is the fourth article in a five-part series on returning to the office. Previous article: Return-to-Office: Preparing your Environment Communicating to all key stakeholders is important, despite the limited information we have on the virus and the potential cure timeline, it…