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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…
The 5 Levels of Simulation Exercises
All organizations should consider the advantages of implementing a comprehensive exercise program rather than focusing on singular periodic simulation exercises. Whether they are a start-up company, an older well-established company, an organization undergoing a leadership change, or a company that is has just completed a merger, and are in…
10 Benefits of Crisis Simulation Exercises
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…
Principles of Crisis Management
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
The Crisis Simulation – Scenario Planning
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…
Crisis Teams: Do Everything Right and Still Suffer the Consequences
The presence of dangerous substances in industrial facilities located close to population centers presents inescapable challenges for crisis planners and crisis teams. Any accident at such a facility, even when no dangerous toxins have been released, will be seen by the public and reported by the media as a…
Setting the Operational Rhythm
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.