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The Force Shaper: Why Human Crisis Analysts Still Outperform AI
In episode 160 of The PreparedEx Podcast, host Rob Burton explores why human crisis analysts, particularly those with military and intelligence backgrounds, continue to outperform AI in crisis scenario design. As AI becomes more capable, some predict it will replace human analysts, but the real strength lies in combining both…
Past Episodes:
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…
Bio-terrorism – An Interview with Lawrence F. Roberge Ph.D.
In episode 62 of the PreparedEx podcast series, we interviewed Lawrence Roberge. We discussed some of the current threats to the world in terms of bio-terror and what businesses should do to understand how they should be preparing for these threats. Lawrence on Linkedin
Leading Close Protection Teams in a Male Dominated Sector – An Interview with L Thurman
“L” (as she likes to be referred to as) is a fierce competitive type that owns several security businesses in Southern California. In the 61st episode of the PreparedEx podcast series, we interviewed “L” about how she got started and what some of the challenges are in this male-dominated sector. We also spoke to “L”…

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