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Author: Andrew
“This will never work. Here’s Why CrisisDojo Will Fail”*
This will never work" "People won't trust something so important to an automated process" Quite a few people have told me why CrisisDojo will fail. But I think they're wrong. Not because I'm naive. Because someone already did it for a similar industry. Here's why I'm confident
A Simple Crisis Management Plan Framework
A crisis management plan (CMP) isn't to give you the answer to every situation or explain precisely what to do in each situation: it's to tell you how to set things up so you can work out the solution yourself. Here's a simple framework you can use for your CMP.
SITREP for Friday, April 14, 2023
SITREP for Friday, April 14, 2023
How To Run a Great Crisis Exercise
Running a great crisis exercise needs though planning and preparation. But it also requires one thing you might not expect: letting go of control. Here's how to relax and run a great exercise. (Hint, you need to be lazy to pull this off.)
SITREP for Friday, April 7, 2023
All (Diplomatic) Roads Lead to Beijing The SITREP for Friday, April 7, 2023
SITREP for March 31, 2023
Welcome to the SITREP for March 31, 2023 We’re on a mini-vacation in Europe this week, so it’s a Dragnet edition today: just the facts! By the way, if you haven’t signed up for the CrisisDojo waitlist, you're already missing out. The waitlist folks already got a sneak peek at the crisis standard builder and … Continue reading SITREP for March 31, 2023
Planning a Great Crisis Exercise
Exercises are an essential part of skills development for things like emergencies and crises but creating a successful exercise takes a lot of work and planning - you can't just throw some problems at a group of people and hope they'll learn from the experience. Here's how to plan a successful exercise.
SITREP for Friday, March 24, 2023
SITREP for Friday, March 24, 2023 There’s still only one big story right now: banks. And rather than being out of the woods, as many are hoping, I think we might have just gotten into the woods. Keep in mind that something the increased rates are designed to do is expose and break weaknesses in the financial system. In that light, we have some way to go...
Four Take-Aways from Recent Banking Flame Outs
Each of the recent bank that failed was in a different position, and no single factor caused these banks to get into trouble. However, these recent events provide some essential takeaways for risk and communications managers. Here are four I think are worth thinking about.