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Meet ResilPro360 QuickScore™: A Faster Way to Measure Resilience Readiness
Organizations today face a growing range of disruptions, from cyber incidents and supply chain failures to severe weather events, workforce challenges, and reputational crises. Most leaders understand the importance of…
Pandemic Planning for Paramedics…Before the Zombies Come a Knocking
From Zombies to lethal viruses, Hollywood loves making doomsday films about something deadly spreading around the world at an alarming rate that kills everyone. Wolfgang Petersen’s 1995 movie “Outbreak” brought pandemic’s to the big screen; alerting the masses as to just how fast an invisible threat can spread across our…
Ultimate Crisis Planning: A Cyber Attack Against Our Electrical Grid
Is this type of cyber attack inevitable? Are we prepared? Veteran newsman, Ted Koppel, is gaining a lot of attention for his new book, “Lights Out: A Cyberattack, a Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath.” In it, Koppel convincingly argues that a cyber attack against our nation’s computer- and Internet-dependent…
You Need More than a Continuity Plan to Prepare for Crisis
“My company has a business continuity plan. Why do I need a crisis communication plan, too?” Business continuity and crisis management are increasingly on the minds of organizational leaders worldwide. As well they should be. Many senior leaders with a business continuity plan in place believe they are well…
5 Leadership Skills the Army Taught Me
I managed to leave the British Army without too many scars. Throughout my 13 years in the military, I was able to craft many skills that made me a better soldier as well as a leader. In this article, I discuss five leadership lessons that the military taught me. …
9 Questions to Ask During a Crisis
When an incident happens it is essential that the top management of an organization establish, define and document their policy for crisis management, which includes clear directions and expectations. Related: How to Build a Strong Crisis Management Foundation It includes a statement of intent that clearly and concisely outlines their objectives,…
State of the Art: Communication Coordination during High Risk Events
Check out this great article from John Rainford, the Director of The Warning Project. The Warning Project is launching a new series of articles aiming to try and capture, analyze and debate the best the evolving field of emergency risk communication has to offer. This flies in the face of…