Exercise Objectives
In this 15th episode of the Whiteboard Wednesday video series, Rob discusses the importance of exercise objectives.
Creating a crisis management simulation exercise for your company for the first time can be a daunting task that requires time and resources. When preparing these sessions it is important to understand what resources exist to assist with the successful planning and delivery of the event. Here are three resources that might help you…
On day-one of the 9th Annual International Crisis Management Conference, Rob Burton, Managing Director of PreparedEx, will be delivering a tabletop exercise during his session as well as discussing simulation exercise best practices. ICMC 2024 will be held live in Newport, RI on June 5-6, 2024. Click HERE to learn more about Rob and the…
If it is your responsibility to control, facilitate or join a team of Crisis Management professionals, you are likely to hit some sizable hurdles should this team not have a strong foundation already in place. When dealing with a large organization with employees from all backgrounds, you will quickly understand, that few people will be…
The “hot wash,” another term borrowed from the military, is the “after-action” discussions and evaluations of an organization’s performance immediately following an exercise/war game, training session, or an actual major event. Coming right on the heels of the exercise, people’s thoughts are fresh and insightful and are therefore highly valuable to the organization’s preparedness. In…
“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 leaders stronger, better able to guide their organizations to achieve particular goals. When a…
Imagine This You’re sitting in a downtown office, at mid-afternoon. A client calls with panicked urgency: two of your organization’s branch offices are in neighborhoods where massive protests just escalated into violence. Overnight, roads are blocked, employees can’t commute, supply deliveries are delayed, local authorities request evacuation. You have no clear playbook—so decisions are made…
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