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An Interview with Michael Gladstone of WeWork
ByRob Burton February 7, 2018May 28, 2025

How does your organization prepare for crises? Have you been through the planning process thoroughly? In this interview, we speak with WeWork’s crisis and emergency preparedness manager Michael Gladstone. He talks about the difference between planning in high threat places and those safer or less vulnerable environment. He also spoke about technology and how it’s…

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Disaster Planning – Interview with Mark Hoffman
ByRob Burton August 29, 2017May 28, 2025

Crises can strike without warning. Some incidents are slower and we can often start our response early. No matter what the situation is, we need to do more to prepare our businesses, communities, and families to survive and thrive after a crisis has passed. In this excellent episode, Mark Hoffman discusses how organizations can better…

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Crisis Preparedness Interview with Joe McEnness
ByRob Burton August 1, 2017May 28, 2025

Having perspective is always a good thing. In this interview, Joe McEnness, Executive Director – Office of Risk Management of the Catholic Church in Boston, discusses crisis preparedness. Having a plan is one thing, knowing how to implement that plan during a crisis is a totally different matter. Practicing the plan and ensuring your team…

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3 Steps to Creating an Effective Crisis Management Briefing Cycle
ByRob Burton February 28, 2017May 28, 2025

In episode 28 of the PreparedEx podcast series, Managing Director, Rob Burton, discusses the crisis management briefing cycle. The briefing cycle is a disciplined crisis management activity that if implemented into a crisis team’s DNA, will increase their overall ability to respond to, and manage crises. This disciplined activity is taken from the military. Armies…

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Cyber Security – An Interview with Dan Gortze of SecureWorks
ByRob Burton October 25, 2016May 28, 2025

In this episode, we interview Dan Gortze who is security expert and keynote speaker. We discuss the following: Cyber-security challenges Cyber threat actors Insider threats and the Common cyber-security gaps base on real events The importance of incident management simulation exercises Including critical vendors in cyber-attack preparedness planning Dan Gortze on LinkedIn

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5 Common Crisis Preparedness Questions
ByRob Burton September 20, 2016May 28, 2025

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…

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6 Steps to Creating a Capable Crisis Management Team
ByRob Burton August 30, 2016May 28, 2025

Some major corporations have formal crisis management teams with very experienced employees that have been exposed to various corporate crises throughout their careers. However, a significant number of organizations don’t have any crisis management capability at all. Or, if they have a capability in place, they have a less-than-effective program because of poor planning, ineffective…

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Five Steps to Develop the Crisis Communication Plan
ByDeb Hileman August 15, 2016May 28, 2025

VW. Chipotle. Target. What comes to mind with these names? Defective emissions equipment? Or deception and fraud? Food-borne illness? Or mismanagement and stock price freefall? 100 million credit card records hacked? Or denial and inadequate crisis management plans? Each of these examples represents a business crisis that damaged reputations, hurt sales and negatively impacted the…

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Crisis Communications – An Interview with Mike Lawrence
ByRob Burton August 9, 2016May 28, 2025

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…

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