How Tabletop Exercises Make Strong Leaders

How Tabletop Exercises Make Strong Leaders

  “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” —John F. Kennedy JFK, the president who inspired a nation to reach the moon, knew a thing or two about leadership. His quote above succinctly drives the point: it’s continuous learning that makes...
The 5 Levels of Simulation Exercises

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...
10 Benefits of Crisis Simulation Exercises

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...
The Crisis Simulation – Scenario Planning

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,...
4 Essential Cyber Security Tabletop Exercise Tips

4 Essential Cyber Security Tabletop Exercise Tips

When is the last time your organization conducted a cyber security tabletop exercise?   Cyber security teams are busy monitoring and responding to attacks against your organization’s information technology infrastructure. Should you still be conducting tabletop...
Pandemic Exercises – Build Resiliency Within Your Business

Pandemic Exercises – Build Resiliency Within Your Business

Ten years ago, Secretary Mike Leavitt of the Department of Health and Human Services said, “Some will say that the discussions of the Avian Flu was an overreaction. Some may say, ‘Did we cry wolf?’ The reality is that if the H5N1 virus does not trigger pandemic flu,...