Is Ignorance Bliss? While I have certainly enjoyed multiple philosophical discussions around the expression that ‘ignorance is bliss’ with friends and peers over the years, ultimately, I’ve always considered ignorance to be risk-inducing, i.e.: scary, rather than blissful. This perspective has been enhanced as I watch COVID-19 continue to spread in devastating numbers across the […]
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Establishing an Effective Threat Management Program (Part 2 of 5)
Part 2: Designing the Ability to Properly Detect a Threat Successful threat management programs apply an approach of detection, assessment, and management to protect an organization. An organization’s strategy toward that first step, detection of a threat, is a pretty good indicator of how effective the threat management program is going to be. As a […]
Continue ReadingMindset Shapes Impact: Using the Concept of ‘Constructive Ideas’ in Your Crisis Readiness
During this time of global crisis management, I think it’s important for each of us—individually, professionally, and as a collective—to realize that we have within us the power to transform some of the negatives of our current situation into positives. Doing so requires certain adaptations, as well as a commitment to and repetition of, ‘constructive […]
Continue ReadingEstablishing an Effective Threat Management Program (Part 1 of 5)
Part 1: Defining and Categorizing Threats for your Organization When I learned that the Crisis Ready™ Community Monthly Mastermind session for July will discuss threat and risk assessment from a law enforcement perspective, I registered for the event immediately. Primarily because I am always interested in learning how other people approach threat assessment, but the […]
Continue Reading5 Tips for your Workplace Re-entry Decision-Making Process
Over the past few weeks, the question of whether it is safe to return to some degree of normalcy is a common topic. Interestingly enough, my answer has not changed much over the past month, and that answer is “it depends.” It depends on the need and the level of risk that we are comfortable […]
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