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Creating Situational Awareness During a Crisis: The Foundation of Effective Response
When organizations struggle in a crisis, the problem is rarely a lack of effort. More often, teams are working from different versions of reality. That leads to delayed decisions, duplicated work, and conflicting messages. In this episode, host Rob Burton explains situational awareness and why it’s central to crisis management…
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Community Resilience – An Interview with Mark Gillan
Communities are not just made up of homes and apartments. Many communities have businesses that provide jobs and other services to those communities. Major cities have businesses that are heavily integrated into their communities and so do some smaller cities and even towns. It’s imperative that businesses understand their communities and it is equally important…
5 Common Crisis Preparedness Questions
We often get asked the same preparedness questions. These questions come from our online audiences as well as our clients during crisis simulation exercises or in everyday discussions. We decided to do this podcast based on these common questions. In this episode we discuss, risk assessments, crisis planning, different types of plans, simulation exercises and…
Crisis Communications – An Interview with Melissa Agnes
Being able to prepare for, manage and recover from a crisis, is becoming a necessity for every organizations. As an incident starts to unfold, crisis team members need to act quickly to ensure they are in a position to manage the event in a cohesive manner. The pace and intensity of a crisis can be…
Crisis Communications – An Interview with Mike Lawrence
Being able to communicate during a crisis is essential for any organization. Understanding what to say and how to say it should be part of the crisis preparedness planning process. All stakeholders need to be addressed and your spokespersons should know what to say when the media request an interview. Have you ever considered being…
How Hostiles Prepare to Attack
When was the last time you looked at your security from a hostile’s perspective? Have you ever? The majority of hostiles go through an online reconnaissance of their targets before they attack. In fact, many will review various targets online first to see what they can obtain in terms of security at those locations. If…
Workplace Violence – An Interview with Jay Brennan
Violent situations can happen at a moment’s notice and are typically planned events. Dallas police just experienced an active shooter situation that took five police officers lives during a peaceful demonstration. How do you prepare yourself and your organization for violent attacks? Do you have a process for evaluating your organization’s ability to respond to…
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