Sep 18, 2019 | Exercises, Preparedness
Like many strategic planning processes; risk management often gets shuffled to the side. The daily urgent matters take precedent over preparing for the low probability, high-risk icebergs or “Black Swan”[1] events. Economic impact on organizations that are not...
Sep 10, 2019 | Crisis Management, Exercises, Tabletop Exercises
To NASA, fifty years ago and up to this day, NASA’s life-or-death learning is achieved through emergency simulation exercises. Gerry Griffin knows a thing or two about responding to risks. He was the Mission Control flight director for all of NASA’s Apollo...
Sep 5, 2019 | Crisis Management, Exercises, Tabletop Exercises
For September’s Whiteboard Wednesday video series, Rob will be discussing all things crisis simulation exercises. In this 10th episode, Rob talks about why we exercise. ...
Aug 27, 2019 | Exercises, Tabletop Exercises
“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...
Aug 6, 2019 | Crisis Management, Exercises, Tabletop 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...
