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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…
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PreparedEx Podcast Episode 6: Almost All Violent Attacks are Planned – An Interview with Dr. Marisa Randazzo
Sandy Hook, Norway Attacks, San Bernardino as well as many other violent events have one thing in common, they were well planned. In this episode, Rob Burton interviews Dr. Marisa Randazzo, an international expert on threat assessment, targeted violence, and violence prevention. This particular podcast is truly an eye-opener and a must listen for anyone…
PreparedEx Podcast Episode 5: 10 Common Crisis Management Challenges
When you establish your crisis management capability, conduct crisis management exercises, or actually go through crises, what are the most common issues or gaps that are uncovered? Within episode 5 of the PreparedEx podcast, Rob describes 10 of the more common issues that are observed when conducting simulation exercises and monitoring events as they happen…
PreparedEx Podcast Episode 4: Interview with David Kalson
In a world full of uncertainty, having the ability to respond to and manage crises is an essential element of today’s business environment. It is no longer acceptable to ignore the media and not have plans and trained communicator’s prepared. We are at the mercy of our investors and we also have a duty to…
PreparedEx Podcast Episode 3: Interview with Peter Gaynor- Director of RIEMA
While some businesses try to plan for emergencies, many just gamble and never do any planning. Having a plan is one thing, testing it is another. Can your business withstand a period of uncertainty due to a natural disaster, cyber-attack or other impact to its operation? This episode is an interview with Peter Gaynor the…
PreparedEx Podcast Episode 2: 5 Steps to Creating and Delivering Tabletop Exercises
The 5 Steps to Creating and Delivering Tabletop Exercises was designed to help organizations improve their existing crisis simulation exercises or create new ones that are engaging and professional. In Episode 2, PreparedEx’s Rob Burton discusses the 5 Steps in detail. He covers the following: Pre-Exercise Planning Scenario and Exercise Design Final Exercise Preparations Delivery…
PreparedEx Podcast Episode 1 – Interview with Don Estes
Donald Estes has over 20 years of experience conducting research, analysis, and war gaming support to the Department of Defense, DHS, other government agencies and commercial clients. During a distinguished career as a naval officer in military intelligence, Mr. Estes held the Military Chair of Intelligence and was a professor in Joint Military Operations at…

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