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Navigating Crisis: Lessons from Country Evacuations with John Iliffe
In this episode, we sit down with John Iliffe to explore his first-hand experience managing evacuations from conflict and crisis zones including Afghanistan, Myanmar, and South Sudan. With a background in NGO operations and international crisis response, John shares valuable insights and practical lessons for organizations preparing for or executing…
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Enhancing Response Effectiveness Through Monitoring and Corrective Actions
Enhancing an organization’s effectiveness to respond through the use of monitoring and a corrective action process – by troubleshooting operations. By assessing the level of functioning, and using corrective actions during the response effort, an organization can improve outcomes and increase the level of nimbleness within the team structure – adapting based on what is…
Dallas Sniper Shooting – Interview with Nick LaGrassa
In this our 67th episode we look at the Dallas sniper shooting that took place on July 7th, 2016. Nick LaGrassa who was a Senior Emergency Management Specialist for the City of Dallas during the event will walk us through what happened and what lessons need to be learned from the tragic attack. Five police officers were killed…
Crisis Leader Versus Crisis Communicator
In this, our 66th episode, Rob Burton discusses the difference between the Crisis Leader and the Crisis Communicator. In this short podcast, Rob describes the difference and provides a list of the different responsivities of each role.
The Crisis Management Job Market – An Interview With Cheyene Marling
Are you looking to hire the next crisis management or resilience officer for your organization? Are you looking for a new challenge within the world of business continuity, risk or cyber-security? This podcast provides a great insight into what employers are looking for as well as what a prospective employee should be doing to improve his…
7 Steps to Building Your Tabletop Exercise
In this podcast Rob Burton talks about how PreparedEx work with their customers in accomplishing tabletop exercises. Rob covers the 7 simple steps from contract execution to post exercise activities. The 7 steps are: Step 1: Contract Execution – This includes the PreparedEx Tabletop Exercise professional services agreement and SOW (Statement of Work). We also…
Crisis Leadership – An Interview with Former CSO of Microsoft – Mike Howard
Many leaders are not ready to face a crisis due to lack of experience. If you think about the large-scale crises that have taken place in recent years, you’ll notice a pattern of poor decision-making throughout most of those events. Poor decisions are often made because leaders can’t lead under stressful circumstances, it’s not day-to-day…

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