Building and Maintaining Crisis Management Skills
In episode 20 of our Whiteboard Wednesday video series, Rob chats again from home about the importance of building and maintaining your crisis management skills in between exercises.
In an era of unprecedented challenges, from the recent terrorist attacks in New Orleans to cyberattacks on the US government to supply chain disruptions, executives are under pressure to ensure their organizations are not just surviving but thriving. Yet, many leaders remain siloed in their understanding of risk, focusing only on their immediate areas of…
It is important that members of your crisis management team can work together during the Horizon Scanning process. Make this a regular activity (at least a few times a year). Some team members can and will have key information to be shared to help identify issues before they become crises. In this short video clip from the Crisis Coordinator…
The role of the Crisis Coordinator is one that is vital to an organization’s crisis preparedness. This person ensures that the Crisis Management Team is properly trained and exercised, that the Crisis Management Plan is up-to-date and maintained, and that crisis response activities are executed effectively. There are also responsibilities after the crisis has ended…
In episode 14 of the PreparedEx podcast we discuss the development of a hurricane exercise and scenario. We walk through the various stages of creating the objectives and scenario as well as discuss how we put the various multi-media visuals together. Our creative manager, Jenny Svenstrup joins in the conversation which includes how she works…
“With every mistake, we must surely be learning.” ~ George Harrison (While My Guitar Gently Weeps) The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season is becoming one of the most active seasons on record, thanks to a stretch of long-lived, destructive hurricanes over the past five weeks. It was the first time in history that we had two…
58 people died and over 500 were injured during a music festival in Las Vegas on October 1st, 2017. A lone actor shot at festival goers from the Mandalay Bay Hotel room, a scenario even the most seasoned security experts couldn’t have predicted. In this episode we talk to a security advisor James DeMeo who…
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