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Tabletops are effective for awareness. They help teams understand roles, identify gaps, and start important conversations. But awareness is not capability. When a real crisis hits, success depends on whether your teams can execute decisions, coordinate actions, and operate under pressure using real tools, real processes, and real constraints. This webinar challenges the traditional exercise…
This webinar focuses on one of the most important human skills in crisis management: effective facilitation. Using real-world examples and practical insights, the session explains what it takes to guide teams through complex exercises, manage group dynamics, and keep discussions productive and aligned with the training objectives. Topics include how to read the room, maintain…
This session immerses viewers in a realistic cyber breach simulation that challenges executive teams to make critical decisions under pressure. Through an unfolding ransomware scenario, participants explore how leadership actions shape operational, legal, and reputational outcomes. The discussion highlights effective crisis communications, coordination between executives and technical teams, engagement with law enforcement and regulators, and…
This webinar with IBM X-Force explores the intersection of cybersecurity incidents and enterprise crisis management, offering a practical methodology for connecting technical incident response with broader organizational resilience. Key topics include: Understanding the “boom event” and preparing teams to respond under extreme pressure How to integrate cyber incident response plans with crisis management, business continuity,…
This members-only webinar dives into the future of resilience and the evolving role of the Chief Resilience Officer (CRO), drawing insights from the Business Continuity Institute’s Resilience Vision 2030 report. Key themes include: The differences and overlaps between the Chief Risk Officer and Chief Resilience Officer roles Why organizations are moving toward integrated resilience offices…
This session explores the top five mistakes organizations make when planning and running crisis tabletop exercises — and how to avoid them. Drawing on decades of global crisis management and risk experience, the session covers: Common pitfalls such as lack of realism, unclear objectives, weak facilitation, disengaged executives, and poor after-action follow-up Practical strategies to…
This session takes viewers through a tabletop exercise simulating an active assailant incident at a Chicago robotics facility. The scenario unfolds from the first signs of trouble on social media through law enforcement response, hostage dynamics, and post-incident recovery. Participants are challenged to consider: How leadership teams make decisions from a distance Communication and coordination…
Playing on the “Ok Boomer” term meant to define frustration from one generation towards another, a similar concept can be applied between crisis / emergency / risk managers and the world. In the crisis management space, we are constantly preparing, preventing, or responding to threats thus easily being labeled by others as the “doom and…
Building effective crisis management programs will explore the challenges crisis management professionals along with business continuity professionals . Additionally, the presentation will include of a future forward looking lens in the use of AI and geospatial technology to shorten the response gap and create more effective crisis plans. More About John John Odermatt began his…