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Why do companies handle crises so poorly? If it's not the risk management process nor risk management plan or business continuity processes, is it the ‘alpha advisers’ who implement bad crisis management plans and crisis strategies?

Risk Management is like a session in the fortune teller tent giving a glimpse into the future. Crisis Management is like 'rescuing' valuable trinkets from a small pond, using nets at the end of long sticks.

With many companies admitting their risk management frameworks are flawed, what are the main reasons companies do poorly at risk management and crisis planning?

Business continuity planning and risk registers are key parts of any issues management framework, and their benefits aren’t just felt when crises hit! Training staff for crises brings a number of benefits to minimise the impact on brands and careers, and prevent the worst losses of poor crisis management plans…

Recent survey by crisis management experts, on the state of crisis awareness and crisis management responsibilities, within the Australian public relations (PR) sectors.

Ebbinghaus said around 90% of new knowledge is forgotten within one working day of being taught it. But interactive crisis simulations can ensure that crisis management training or crisis communications plans are remembered and recalled amid this time of great organisational change.

In crisis management exercises, learners get the most out of interactive simulators where around 90% of what they actually document and publish in the crisis simulation, is retained.

What if your crisis management simulation is so realistic it becomes far from just a crisis simulation game? What if the crisis exercise tests the tolerances of the IT technology that's powering the crisis simulation software?

Melbourne crisis simulation specialist, Gerry McCusker, says crisis simulations are a lot like medical vaccines that give your crisis management plans and crisis templates a welcome ‘shot’.

Ideally, when considering crisis management or crisis simulation training you want teachers who’ve not only experienced crises first hand - and handled them adeptly - but who are specially trained in passing on and communicating what they’ve learned. At The Drill, a TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment qualifies us to train individuals, plus crisis teams and emergency response groups - to nationally recognised teaching standards.

What do clients think of The Drill? Here’s how one - enlightened - client describes the uncomfortable - yet helpful - feelings generated by our crisis simulator and crisis scenario portal. And FYI, this is not a back-room operator, this is a senior practice leader who has seen more than their fair share of modern management training in their time!

Too many organisations don’t practice the key practices required for successful communications management of a very modern crisis, disaster or emergency. Author of ‘Public Relations Disasters’ - Gerry McCusker - targets C-suite executives and communications chiefs with a new 4M crisis planning template and crisis modelling tool they can use to help their teams better respond to emerging issues and full-blown crises.

Crisis management planning is in a state of crisis! Recent studies suggest organisations face more issues and threats - including cyber crises - yet crisis training and crisis management drills are not widely adopted. Online crisis training specialists, The Drill, offer some insights to help cure the crisis within crisis management.

Just because you’re surviving a crisis doesn’t mean you’re better equipped to best handle it. Increasingly, corporate companies are using remote and WFH crisis modules and scenarios to train staff working remotely. Here’s how…

When crisis strikes, the most valuable commodity is time. Yet crisis best-practice encourages us to be diligent and methodical in how we assess and triage crises. Here’s a short-cut method to help you develop a workable crisis management strategy for your next crisis event.

Why is there a crisis in contemporary crisis management? Crisis simulation and crisis training expert Gerry McCusker explores runs a quick crisis audit on Australia’s current crisis response capabilities.

When COVID impacts started to bite, research showed a 700% increase in crisis management planning related searches on Google. We look at what this may reveal about states of crisis readiness in Australia.

Experts approach crisis management planning in different ways but not all of them look to stakeholder ‘pain points’ or crisis simulation drills as key to their process; this Insights Article from crisis management specialist The Drill, unpacks the topics.