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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23 October 2017 by Tim Lloyd
I’ve just finished helping to deliver social media simulation as part of a large incident response exercise. We’re pretty focussed on finding things that the press, public affairs and incident management team did well online, and where they need to get better. Handing out constructive criticism and recommendations in the…
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29 August 2017 by Tim Lloyd
We spend a lot of time designing, researching and creating scenarios for crisis response exercises. We have a wide range of tried and tested scenarios to use as a starting point, but our clients are always best placed to outline something that meets their needs. However, this requires organisations to…
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8 August 2017 by Tim Lloyd
It’s hard to justify any analysis of the online response to the Grenfell disaster. Who said what and where, using what channels, doesn’t really feel important in the context of the lives lost and destroyed. There are however, 3 sources of information that I’ve found compelling viewing, because they’re raw…
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24 March 2017 by Kate Rawlins
It was my colleague who first broke the news to me. “Apparently there’s been shots fired outside parliament,” he said. As much as I live and breathe social media, a few tweets reporting loud noises wasn’t enough for me. The ex-reporter in me believes in verification. Then the BBC notification…
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9 January 2017 by Tim Lloyd
The UK Institute for Government have published a series of interviews with former Ministers, reflecting on the crises they faced during their time in office. It’s an interesting read, because most interviewees are no longer shackled by a need to protect their future career. Nonetheless, in their time they were accountable during some serious events. These include…
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