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.
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.
Charlie Maclean-Bristol discusses his recent exercises around reassuring customers after an incident and talks about how businesses should approach reopening.
Should legal advice take precedence in a crisis?
by Tony Jaques, Director of Issue Outcomes Pty Ltd, for people who work in issue and crisis management
Lawyers are involved in just about every serious organizational crisis. Yet how much specific training do they receive about their role in a crisis as part of…
When a 50-car freight train carrying toxic chemicals derailed and caught fire near the small town of East Palestine in rural Ohio in February, it was always going to be a corporate crisis and a state-wide disaster.
With cyber-attacks in the headlines, a new report provides a gloomy reminder of the deep and long-lasting impact when things go wrong in public corporations.