The Importance of Documenting Training and Exercises
In this 19th episode of our Whiteboard Wednesday video series, Rob has a chat from home about the importance of documenting your training and exercises.
Achieving and maintaining optimal crisis preparedness requires several activities throughout the year. From the review of the crisis management plan to the training and exercising of crisis management teams, achieving, and then maintaining optimal crisis preparedness is a continuous cycle. In the FREE Webinar scheduled for September 24, 2020, Rob and Leanne will walk through the…
A crisis can happen to any organization, no matter how big or small. When a crisis does occur, it is important that the leadership team is prepared to handle it effectively. Unfortunately, many organizations fail in crisis management due to a number of reasons. In this blog post, we will outline ten of the most…
Every company should plan for crises, and it’s never too early to start. Planning ahead is the best way to reduce financial and reputational impacts of a crisis on your organization. Here are three advantages of planning for crises: 1) better understanding what resources are needed to weather the storm; 2) look for new opportunities…
Like in most sectors, technology is moving at a crazy pace in the word of crisis preparedness. Where will we be in 5 to 10 years from now? How will responding to and managing incidents evolve? We get to answer a number of these questions in this interview with Michael Sher the Founder of GroupDoLists…
Decision-making is the process of selecting a course of action from more than one alternative option, which is challenging to do when making high-stress decisions in crisis situations. In this short video clip from the Crisis Coordinator Webinar Series, Rob Burton explains organizations should have a process to help guide their decision making. Do you…
2017 has seen some historic storms in North America and South Asia. There’s been a significant increase in cyber-attacks on major businesses such as Equifax and Uber. In the UK the NHS was affected by the WannaCry attack which caused a massive disruption and embarrassment for the NHS. There were many more crises throughout the…
Thank you for your comment, Allan. We often call those lessons “lessons-to-be-learned”
We have recognised this challenge by Site Leaders
Review of the training conducted, the lessons learned and the actions to improve with an action closure plan and persons assigned to close out actions