What Is Horizon Scanning?

What Is Horizon Scanning?

During the month of May, Rob Burton is focusing on Horizon Scanning and why this tool should be implemented into your crisis management team’s tool kit. Predicting Crises Through Horizon Scanning Horizon Scanning is a systematic examination of potential threats,...
The Role of the Crisis Leader Versus the Crisis Communicator

The Role of the Crisis Leader Versus the Crisis Communicator

A Crisis Leader Needs to Think Strategically and Make Key Decisions for the Overall Management and Response Being able to coordinate multiple functional areas of an organization during a crisis requires detailed preparation. The CMT (Crisis Management Team) should...
3 Useful Resources for the Crisis Briefing Cycle

3 Useful Resources for the Crisis Briefing Cycle

Photo Credit – Sebastien Wiertz via Flickr Rob Burton recently wrote and article titled “3 Steps to an Effective Crisis Management Briefing Cycle”, where he discusses his 3 step approach that will help you achieve a comprehensive briefing cycle...
Six Truths of Every Crisis

Six Truths of Every Crisis

At some point, nearly every organization will experience a crisis. For many, unfortunately, their crisis planning strategy is denial: “that will never happen to our company.” Except that it probably will. Sooner than you think. When all hell breaks loose, consider...