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Ready for a ransomware attack?
Ransomware attacks. The real question is not ‘are we protected?’ but rather ‘are we ready to react?’
Patrick Trancu
Apr 21 min read

From 72-Hours Emergency Kits to Strategic Crisis Navigation: What the Eu Really Needs
Beyond emergency kits lies a sobering truth: the Eu still lacks a comprehensive, integrated, forward-looking crisis managemet architecture.
Patrick Trancu
Mar 313 min read


The Heathrow debacle
A key vulnerability identified in a 2015 external report leads to the shutdown of one of the world's busiest airports.
Patrick Trancu
Mar 231 min read


Is Tesla fast becoming a Toxic brand?
Tesla continues to face a significant reputation crisis directly linked to Elon Musk's activities at DOGE.
Patrick Trancu
Mar 201 min read


Crisis Communication Takes Flight: A Tailored Training Experience with a Leading Airline
A two day emergency and crisis communication training at an Italian airline.
Patrick Trancu
Mar 11 min read


Leadership in crisis
Tony Blair defines leadership as being “of advancing, not just being; of action and not mere analysis; to resolve the problem and not...
Patrick Trancu
Sep 14, 20241 min read


Quote of the day
“In the 21st century, crises don’t come sequentially”. Bill Burns, director CIA, Richard Moore chief of the UK Secret Intelligence...
Patrick Trancu
Sep 8, 20241 min read


A six year long unresolved crisis engulfs Boeing
Boeing has been struggling to resolve its crisis leading to domino effects.
Patrick Trancu
Jun 11, 20242 min read

AI is unstoppable. And this is why.
AI is already being integrated into weapon systems. Any thought of AI regulation is simply anachronistic.
Patrick Trancu
Jun 10, 20242 min read


News - Crisis Media Training
Crisis media training is a key preparedness activity.
Patrick Trancu
May 30, 20241 min read


The era of «deepfakes» is here. Are you ready?
Deepfakes are now mainstream and pose a significant new threat to companies and their management.
Patrick Trancu
May 21, 20242 min read


«Spillover crises»: Baltimore's bridge collapse
The recent collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore reminds us that today's crises often originate from external factors.
Patrick Trancu
Mar 27, 20241 min read


Climate change and crisis management
Climate change impacts our economy, health, well-being, safety, and quality of life. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Patrick Trancu
Jan 16, 20241 min read

"Smarter" and "faster" crisis management
How to make democracy and crisis management "smarter" and "faster".
Patrick Trancu
Sep 30, 20231 min read


Crisis hits while cooking spaghetti with clams
It was a Sunday evening, I was cooking spaghetti with clams and... my phone went off. The start of an intense 48 hrs.
Patrick Trancu
Sep 23, 20232 min read


CEOs personal misconduct plunge organizations into crisis
Too often CEOs' personal misconduct leads to their ousting and plunges organizations into crisis often ending with the demise of the...
Patrick Trancu
Sep 18, 20232 min read


Lessons from the Fukushima disaster
It was March 11th, 2011 when an earthquake followed by a powerful tsunami hit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on the coast of Japan....
Patrick Trancu
Aug 23, 20232 min read
"Pre-mortems" in crisis prevention
The Financial Times Weekend edition remains, at least for me, a thought-provoking tool. This weekend two interesting articles by Simon...
Patrick Trancu
Jan 22, 20232 min read
Crisis management: “deepfakes”, the latest threat from the digital world
We are only at the beginning of the potential use of “deepfakes” as a weapon of "reputational destruction", the latest addition to a fast...
Patrick Trancu
Feb 4, 20192 min read
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