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Preparing for the Unexpected

Successful Drills and Exercises w/ Dr. Steven Goldman

Mar 14, 2024
53:50
Join me Thursday, March 14/24 at 1pm EST, as I talk with internationally recognized Business Resilience, Crisis Management, Risk/Crisis Communications, IT Disaster Recovery and Crisis Leadership expert and consultant, Dr. Steven Goldman. During out discussion, Dr. Goldman talks about: 1. The difference between a drill and an exercise, 2. Why exercises are important, 3. Getting others involved (e.g., vendors, 1st responders...), 4. Exercising people AND plans, 5. Exercises and politics (and how to deal with it), 6. Knowing roles, 7. Uncovering assumptions during drills and exercises, 8. Shift Management (a staggered approach), 9. Observers and evaluators, 10. The Planning Checklist, 11. Dealing with checklist thinking, 12. Unannounced drills, 13. Lessons Learned (and what to do about them), 14. Measuring successes and failures during exercises...and much more! Dr. Goldman does a great job of sharing personal experiences with drills and exercises, providing some great insights in how we can make our own exercises effective. Don't miss what Dr. Goldman has to say. You can reach him at goldman@mit.edu. Enjoy!

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