In today’s dynamic and unpredictable business landscape, effectively managing crises is paramount for any organization’s success and continuity. Crisis simulation exercises have emerged as invaluable tools for assessing and enhancing an organization’s readiness to respond to various threats and challenges. However, the traditional approach to these exercises often overlooks a crucial element: storytelling. In this…
One of the most undervalued training and evaluation tools is the Tabletop Exercise. A Tabletop Exercise can be delivered in almost any setting and can help teams create trust amongst themselves as well as their critical vendors and other key stakeholders. There are many more benefits to conducting Tabletop Exercises. In this article, I’m going…
In episode 14 of the PreparedEx podcast we discuss the development of a hurricane exercise and scenario. We walk through the various stages of creating the objectives and scenario as well as discuss how we put the various multi-media visuals together. Our creative manager, Jenny Svenstrup joins in the conversation which includes how she works…