15 May 2018 by Steph Gray
Simulations and exercises are our bread and butter. It’s great to rehearse in a safe space, to test out crisis plans and teamworking before the real thing happens. But crises don’t come neatly diarised, in well-equipped conference rooms, so simulations can only be one element of your crisis preparedness efforts.…
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17 April 2018 by Tim Lloyd
JD Wetherspoon is a chain of 900 budget-price pubs across the UK. They decided to quit social media, having attempted to run various twitter and facebook accounts, with varying amounts of effort and success. On the face of it, for a big public-facing organisation to quit social media is bold.…
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26 March 2018 by Kate Rawlins
Being a fly on the wall in the ‘war rooms’ watching teams practice responding to an unfolding crisis is fascinating. It enables me to hear strategizing, discussions, and see the workings behind the decision-making process. Over the past two years I’ve been fortunate enough to work with some of the…
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21 March 2018 by Alasdair Dick
From a large-scale terrorist attack to a product recall, our simulator exposes us to a variety of crises. And despite all their differences, there seems to be one universal truth: communication is key to any response. The same can be said for humanitarian crises. Communicating with, and providing information to…
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16 March 2018 by Tim Lloyd
Podcaster Dave Musson from The Native talks to Helpful Managing Director Steph Gray about crisis communications including: why speed isn’t everything in responding to a crisis online, how some organisations achieve a better sense of empathy than others, and what the big issues could be on the horizon, including Brexit,…
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12 February 2018 by Steph Gray
Oxfam’s leadership and communications team has had a torrid weekend, dealing with a media story about shocking allegations of a cover-up of sexual abuse of beneficiaries in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake in 2011. There will be countless crisis consultants offering their hot takes on what looks like a serious…
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9 February 2018 by Nairi Martirosyan
As part of Social Simulator, I help prepare and deliver crisis training exercises. Adhering closely to the client’s brief, we work through the possible crisis scenarios, using our imagination and experience to make the training as real as possible. Can we ever really be prepared for when crisis strikes? I…
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5 February 2018 by Steph Gray
We’ve been doing business in the USA and Canada for several years, helping clients in sectors from pharmaceuticals to financial services, energy to agritech to stress-test their crisis and emergency preparedness through crisis drills incorporating a realistic and dynamic social media element. This month we enter an incredibly exciting new…
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5 January 2018 by Steph Gray
Following the soap opera of a crisis on social media, blow-by-blow, saps leaders' time and focus and prevents them stepping back to consider the bigger picture.
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21 December 2017 by Kate Rawlins
It’s the eve before Christmas leave, and the emails are starting to go quiet. Looking back over all of our files last night, we’ve facilitated some exciting projects during 2017. But all in all, there have been some memorable moments across the board when it comes to observing participant reactions during…
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