You will find in this issue:
Trouble, Trouble, what Trouble.staging such exercises for the time being. As the year is drawing to a close, we cannot help feeling a sense of uncertainty for what lies ahead
Cost-Effective On-Line Crisis Simulations Help Play-Out “What If” Scenarios. Under the current and forthcoming budget constraints, organizations can continue to practice and play-out scenarios and strategies with the help of ICONS, the on-line crisis simulation tool developed by the University of Maryland Center for Conflict Resolution and Management.
Automated Alert System Helps Save Lives in Emergencies Organizations in the public and private sectors can now benefit from an automated alert system to launch mass emergency notification for evacuation, rescue and volunteer call-outs purposes swiftly and effectively.
Risk Communication - Getting The Message Across In Situations Of High Concern – By Dr. Andrew Powell. From time to time, we include in CS&A’s newsletter, ideas and articles from international experts. In this issue, we are pleased to introduce Dr Andrew Powell, CEO Asia BioBusiness Pte. Ltd. Singapore, which also manages the Asian Centre for Risk Communication, an initiative in association with Dr Vincent Covello, Center for Risk Communication in New York.
Dr. Powell articulates the function of Risk Communication and its benefits for organizations that wish to enhance their resilience. In the current global context, the ability to communicate risk effectively is more than ever relevant
Emergency Response Takes a Holiday By Ann Morris. Montgomery County Maryland lies just outside of Washington, DC and boasts a budget ($4.3 billion) bigger than some countries. Residents are accustomed to clean running water, good roads and an emergency preparedness system overseen by their own director of homeland security. But all the money and preparedness were stopped in their tracks by a water main break in June.
ICONS, the on-line strategic simulation tool developed by the University of Maryland Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM) and brought to the private sector by CS&A International Risk, Crisis and Business Continuity Management may be exactly what corporations need to manage risk proactively and prevent crises.
In today’s ever-changing risk environment and stakeholder scene, the enhanced ability of an organization to steer its course is critical to address complex business challenges and define sustainable strategies effectively.
Initially developed for and applied to the academic and public sectors, CS&A is collaborating with CIDCM to deliver simulations to the business environment. ICONS offers professional-level and executive training programs that incorporate multi-player, real-time simulation exercises. Combining CS&A’s hands-on practical risk and crisis management expertise with CIDCM’s academic insight, the ICONS simulation approach is ideally suited to help organizations practice the pre and post crisis phases as well as uncover opportunities to turn potentially negative situations into positive outcomes.
“We are very excited to bring ICONS to the private sector. This puts risk and crisis management and strategic business planning on a whole different level”, said Caroline Sapriel, Managing Director of CS&A.
“With ICONS, corporations can significantly enhance their overall stakeholder management capability, manage issues and risks more proactively and improve scenario planning skills in a very practical and dynamic way”, she added.