Scenario exercises can benefit all levels of an organization. Over the years we have seen organizations benefit in the following ways:

• Proactive response: it helps organizations to be proactive in their response, setting up new strategies to withstand unexpected shocks.
• Informed decision making: It provides valuable insights for strategic choices, in a safe environment before the viability of the business is put into question.
• Competitive edge: It positions strategic teams to identify and seize opportunities quickly.

Industry requirements;
In many industries, there is an expectation from customers and regulators that an organization is able to respond to and recover from major disruptions effectively and responsibly. Once organizations have assessed their risks and built mitigation and contingency plans to respond to major disruptions, it is important to rehearse and validate these plans; the most effective way to do this is through scenario exercises.
A range of scenario exercise formats to help rehearse your organization's response to major risk and crises. The workshop is designed to meet the level of confidence and maturity of the response teams.

• Give participants the opportunity to practice their individual roles and responsibilities when faced with a major crisis.
• Determine whether an organization can recover critical services within impact tolerances, recovery times and service level agreements
• Clarify how best to communicate to different internal and external stakeholder groups from the outset of a crisis.
• Identify areas for improvement within the response plans.
• Understand how different teams interact with each other throughout a crisis and establish more effective ways of working under pressure.
• Determine critical response actions and decisions throughout a multi-day disruption.