Scenario planning covers broadening thinking, stepping back to see trends, exploring consequences and
developing shortcuts - but how can it help teams hold onto their strategic focus during a crisis too?
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Applying the principles of scenario planning to crisis response
Scenario planning covers broadening thinking, stepping back to see trends, exploring consequences and
developing shortcuts - but how can it help teams hold onto their strategic focus during a crisis too?
The skills of modern media relations
The popular picture of crisis communication is maybe a high-stakes press conference, or the chief executive being grilled by a well-known broadcast journalist or politician. We imagine brand reputations living or dying by how well leaders can demonstrate empathy on camera; or how adroitly the press conference can be stage-managed. There's no doubt these are […]
Rehearsing for 'The Big One’ – five takeaways for PIOs managing a disaster
We were asked by the City of Redmond to support in the delivery of the Cascadia Rising Solutions emergency planning exercise. The aim of the exercise, run over two days in late October 2019, was to test the decision-making and public information response to a category 9.0 earthquake impacting the Pacific north west of the […]
Preparing for a crisis response
National Preparedness Month takes place every September in the US. It’s an opportunity for emergency responders and government organisations to encourage their audiences to be prepared for any kind of emergency. There’s always plenty of useful tips shared. But if you are responsible for communicating such advice, how do you prepare yourself for a crisis? […]
Understanding 10 types of false information
“Don’t believe everything you see online” is a mantra that many finger-wagging parents have repeated and to which many children - young and old - have rolled their eyes. Unfortunately, we know this is a message everyone should heed. Misinformation is everywhere online – but not all misinformation is deliberate, or created equally. We’ve broken […]
The earth is warming at an increasingly rapid rate. While world powers and government entities work to combat climate change, the global population has experienced increased severity of hurricanes and frequency of natural disasters. These disasters leave communities devastated and reeling - unable to rebuild and then properly prepare for future occurrences, which according to […]
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