Three Reasons Why Your Organization Needs a (Mini) Crisis

One of my favorite George Carlin quotes is, “I never worry that ALL hell will break loose. My concerns is that a PART of hell will break loose. It’ll be much harder to detect.”   I have always loved that quote because it’s true in the lives of crisis management...
Active Shooter: 4 Tabletop Exercise Tips

Active Shooter: 4 Tabletop Exercise Tips

Active shooter incidents are on the rise in US, and your organization is most definitely at risk. Quoting FBI statistics, the National Fire Protection Association reports that “an average of 6.4 active shooter events occurred annually in the U.S. from 2000 to 2006....
Complex Coordinated Attacks – An Interview with Jared Goff

Complex Coordinated Attacks – An Interview with Jared Goff

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | RSSLone-actor gun attacks against populated areas such as arenas and crowded places such as schools can challenge first responders and those organizations or educational institutions that...
5 Key Benefits from Conducting Tabletop Exercises

5 Key Benefits from Conducting Tabletop Exercises

Simulated crisis tabletop exercises are like a flu shot: The vaccine won’t prevent the illness one-hundred percent of the time, but if you do get the flu, the vaccine will greatly reduce the illness’ severity and bring you back to health more quickly.   The...