by Rob Burton | Mar 20, 2017
A crisis management team can only truly be ready for a crisis when it has evaluated its preparedness through crisis simulation tabletop exercises. The Tabletop Exercise Tabletop Exercises bring together heads of lines of business and leaders of business processes to...
by Rob Burton | Feb 10, 2017
There are many skills and personal traits that leaders should have in everyday business. During a crisis, a leader needs to have a range of specific traits that are crucial to the management of the incident. Here are three of those traits based on my personal...
by Rob Burton | Jan 26, 2017
In those first few moments of a fast-paced incident, it is essential that the Crisis Management Team (CMT) comes together quickly in an organized and disciplined manner. It is in these early stages of the incident when discipline is incredibly important. If discipline...
by Rob Burton | Jan 18, 2017
So, what is situational awareness? There are many definitions all of which explain what situational awareness is in a similar way. The term we use is as follows: Situational Awareness is “closely monitoring what is going on around you in a complex and dynamic...
by Rob Burton | Jan 4, 2017
Ensuring the simulation exercise is a success requires detailed planning. The Exercise Coordinator has a number of responsibilities that are described in this short video. The exercise team has a number of specific responsibilities when preparing, delivering...
