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Recent burst of serious disruptions highlights need for crisis preparedness and planning Ransomware hackers shut down a critical oil pipeline. A single ship blocks the entire Suez Canal. Animal rights protestors blockade four McDonald’s distribution centers in the UK, impacting …
A discussion of some tough-to-swallow disaster preparedness truths, by Jonathan Bernstein If you’ve been denial about disaster preparedness, this may be a good time for you to avert your eyes, because you’re not going to like what I have to say. …
Failures in day-to-day communications can create serious threats to reputation Customer service is a critical part of crisis management. The way each individual in your company treats stakeholders is a direct reflection of how your company feels about said stakeholders, …
The below post was written by Jonathan Bernstein on April 2, 2015. Since then, we have seen countless severe crises where the damage could have been prevented, or at least reduced significantly. Some of them are still in the headlines today. …
Clashes create conflict One of our challenges as a crisis management firm is helping clients have realistic expectations about what we can accomplish for them. For example, if a situation can’t be “fixed” but only balanced enough that the lasting …
[Editor’s note: This case study comes to us courtesy of our colleague David J. Discenza, president of Discenza Business Continuity Solutions.] The Situation: A Fortune 100 financial services firm located in lower Manhattan, NY, requires each of its business units to …
Don’t let a failure to practice hurt your operation in the new year You’ve got yourself a crisis management plan, and that’s great, but when crunch time hits that plan isn’t going to stand up and do the work for …
Shocking number of orgs have PR departments but are utterly unprepared to face a crisis Awareness of the need for crisis management is on the rise, but once in a while we see a stat that makes us realize just …
Prepare before trouble appears and reap the benefits Working for an organization that is, by its very nature, in the news every single day is a surefire way to learn a bit about PR. Add to that daily experience with high-level …
Telling stats on crisis preparedness A new study from Ignyte points toward worrisome trends among UK organizations. The survey polled 500 managers working across eight different sectors throughout the UK. Among the findings were that… 39% of managers say their …
Avoid problems that will hamper your crisis preparedness down the road Tabletop exercises are a powerful tool in your crisis preparedness arsenal. They allow your team to practice working together, your plans to be felt out for gaps, policies to be …
Looking at a study on emergency preparedness at U.S. schools A big part of crisis management is knowing the items your stakeholders care most about. A perfect example of this is the importance of safety on school campuses. Parents care …
Nearly 2,000 flights canceled, were the airlines prepared? Flights in Chicago came to an abrupt halt Friday after a fire at a suburban FAA air traffic control facility, creating a serious crisis for airlines, airport officials, and of course the …
Having a plan in place means you won’t be left scrambling when crises appear In order to be as effective as possible, crisis planning needs to come before a crisis actually hits. While it is possible to create and enact …
Proper prep is the #1 way to reduce the impact of crises on your operations There are many parallels that can be drawn between crisis management and sports. In a blog post today on The Buzz Bin, Jeff Wilson, APR, …
