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Meet the Crises Experts - Episode 8 - video
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Emotional Resilience

Rev Jennifer Mills-Knutsen, Senior Minister of the American International Church in London, talks about her experience of a tornado in Indiana and what she has learnt from that experience about spiritual and emotional resilience and recovery from trauma.

This video was produced by Crises Control in association with our partners Resilience First, a membership organisation with the mission to improve urban resilience for business communities in the UK and beyond.

Meet the Crises Experts - Episode 7 - video
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Legal Perspective

Dr Katja Samuel, Director of Global Security and Disaster Management Ltd, is an international lawyer specialising in security, disaster and risk management.

In this video Dr Samuel brings a legal and broader resilience perspective to dealing with incidents and crises, including issues of due diligence, civil liability and even criminal liability that can arise from such incidents.

Dr Samuel also talks about handling multi-hazard incidents, where the primary incident leads to secondary and even tertiary impacts that can be more catastrophic than the initial event and the necessity for a multi-disciplinary approach to risk planning and response.

Meet the Crises Experts - Episode 6 - video
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Nuclear Energy and Security

George Foster is a risk and resilience advisory to public and private sector, with a proven track record spanning, nuclear security, national contingency planning, the protection of critical human and crisis responses.

At the UK Ministry of Defence, George was a senior executive responsible for the development and implementation of Defence national targeting policy and strategic plans involving the integration of policy, plans, legal and operational matters. He was responsible for the implementation of, a national response to crises, providing the highest level of Government with critical and nationally sensitive executive decision-making support.

Meet the Crises Experts - Episode 5 - video
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Communications under pressure

Dr David Rubens is MD of Deltar Training Services and holds a Doctorate in Security & Risk Management.

According to David, communications is at the heart of any risk and crisis management programme and any programme that fails to manage communications properly is doomed to fail. To survive in a crisis situation, an organisation must develop the ability to successfully exchange complex information under pressure.

Meet the Crises Experts - Episode 4 - video
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Responsibility and Trust

Managing Director of Crises Control, Shalen Sehgal, interviews John Deverell, CBE a former British Army senior officer who specialises in advising companies and governments on governance, risk and crisis management.

John has an MPhil in International Relations from Cambridge University and a diploma in Advanced Negotiation and Mediation Skills from Kent University’s Business School Executive Education Programme. He has appeared a number of times on national TV and radio, advising on risk, crisis and security.

Meet the Crises Experts - Episode 3 - video
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Standards and Plans

Russell has been involved in the Business Continuity, Security & Risk Management Sectors for 20 years. He worked on the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and is an international advisor on standards, including for ISO, ASIS and the BSI. He is the Chairman of BSI Risk Management Committee.

Russell is a regular commentator on standards on the BBC, CNN and MSNBC. In this video blog he talks about how SMEs can gain customer’s trust and win a competitive advantage by developing high quality business continuity plans and achieving recognised quality standards.

Meet the Crises Experts - Episode 2 - video
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Public Resilience

In the 21st Century, building resilience is one of the most urgent social and economic issue because we live in a world defined by disruption. ’Richard Barnes’ former Deputy Mayor of London and Chair of the 7th July Review Committee.

Being better prepared for change means being better prepared for opportunity.

Meet the Crises Experts - Episode 1 - video
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The benefits of having a plan in place

Managing Director of Crises Control, Shalen Sehgal, interviews John Deverell, CBE a former British Army senior officer who specialises in advising companies and governments on governance, risk and crisis management.

John has an MPhil in International Relations from Cambridge University and a diploma in Advanced Negotiation and Mediation Skills from Kent University’s Business School Executive Education Programme. He has appeared a number of times on national TV and radio, advising on risk, crisis and security.