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Planning for grey rhino risks : How to prepare for the ‘unforeseeable’ – FREE WHITE PAPER

Grey rhino risks are high-impact but seemingly low-probability risks that get shuttled to the sidelines, often due to a misguided hope that the risk will not materialize in the near term, so mitigation planning can be delayed or dismissed.

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Size – and Experience – Really Matter When a Crisis Strikes

Crisis Management, Crisis Management and Crisis CommunicationDecember 18, 2024179Views 0Likes 0Comments

You know you’re having a bad day as a crisis manager in the food industry when you’re facing a deadly food poisoning outbreak.

Waging Peace and Winning

Crisis Management, Crisis Management and Crisis CommunicationMay 20, 2024206Views 0Likes 0Comments

Do you think it’s a good idea to sit down with people who are the equivalent of the chain-themselves-to-trees people, who have a list of demands which are in some cases reasonable and in most cases impossible?

When should the CEO NOT appear on television?

Crisis Management, Crisis Management and Crisis CommunicationApril 29, 2024209Views 0Likes 0Comments

Should the CEO agree to participate in what is certain to be a negative interview? While every circumstance is different, a useful first step when asked for an interview should not be “What shall we say?” but “Shall we say anything?” That key question just could save a lot of pain.

Black Swans and Swiss Cheese – A Boat Crash in Baltimore

Crisis Management, Disaster Preparedness, Emergency ResponseApril 19, 2024234Views 0Likes 0Comments

Charlie Maclean-Bristol looks into the recent incident at Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore and discusses the potential impacts of the accident.

Attend MIT’s 2024 Crisis Management & Business Resiliency Course

Business Continuity, Crisis ManagementMarch 25, 20248KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Attend MIT’s 2024 Crisis Management & Business Resiliency Course

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Why Marketers Need To Take More Care With Reputation

Crisis Management, Crisis Management and Crisis CommunicationJanuary 22, 2024153Views 0Likes 0Comments

Reputation is a critical company asset, yet marketers too often create what gets to be called a “PR disaster.”

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Should shareholder funds be spent on divisive social issues?

Crisis Management, Risk ManagementNovember 9, 2023304Views 0Likes 0Comments

Companies have struggled for years whether to speak out on controversial social and political issues.

Closing and Reopening Offices, Restaurants, and Retail Outlets, after an Incident

Crisis ManagementOctober 6, 2023377Views 0Likes 0Comments

Charlie Maclean-Bristol discusses his recent exercises around reassuring customers after an incident and talks about how businesses should approach reopening.

How moral blindness breeds plummeting corporate reputation

Crisis Management, Crisis Management and Crisis Communication, Risk ManagementOctober 5, 2023368Views 0Likes 0Comments

The sound you can hear across the big end of town is the shredding of reputations in the wake of corporate crises, often triggered by moral blindness.