By Thomas Helmer, Senior Director, CS&A International – As published in AmCham Connect on 2 November 2015. From achieving compliance to...

Building organisational crisis resilience is a never-ending game: new teams are on board, new business streams, operations, or production sites are launched and new markets are open, all providing fresh opportunities but also increasing the risks of failures and exposure. Furthermore, external threats – climate change, security, socio-economic, cyber, and the interdependencies of a globalised world, just to name a few – continue to provide the risk, crisis or business continu

When hiring a CEO or senior leaders for a company, one of the components that certainly should be factored into the decision should be...

Back in the days before the Internet, organizations were in the catbird’s seat of messaging and crisis management. With a few exceptions, organizations controlled their own messaging and reached out to their key stakeholders at the time and with the messaging they carefully chose. Needless to say, those days are LONG gone. In today’s world, everyone is watching what you do, literally. Never before in history have we been subject to such scrutiny and exposure. And all too freq

When the Girl Scouts talk about working to be “prepared not scared,” they’ve got it right. With a crisis, time gets short, resources are...

Managing Emergencies A Three Part Series By Thomas Helmer, Senior Director, CS&A International Risk And Crisis Management The blog posts...

Recently a client asked me to recommend a few good books on crisis management. With over 25 years in risk and crisis management, I’ve had...

Managing Emergencies A Three Part Series By Thomas Helmer, Senior Director, CS&A International Risk And Crisis Management Welcome to my...

A Three Part Series By Thomas Helmer, Senior Director, CS&A International Risk And Crisis Management Welcome to my three part series on...