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The Unwinnable Crisis: How to Create Exercises That Prepare Teams for Real-World Uncertainty

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Could your crisis training be setting leaders up to fail?

Most crisis exercises are designed to test decision-making, but are they truly preparing leaders for real-world uncertainty? Explore this topic with Immersive's Crisis Sim Lead JonPaulGabriele one week on from AI-pril Fools: The Return of the Puppetmaster Virtual Crisis Sim LIVE.

In a real crisis, leaders must:

  • Act without having all the answers.
  • Make tough decisions knowing there’s no perfect outcome.
  • Adapt quickly as the situation escalates unpredictably.

Yet many crisis training exercises provide too much structure, clarity, and a clear path to success. The reality is that not every crisis can be solved; sometimes, the best outcome is simply limiting the damage.

What You’ll Learn

  • Is your crisis training too predictable?: How structured exercises may be creating a false sense of preparedness.
  • How to design a more realistic crisis exercise: Creating scenarios where leaders must navigate uncertainty, trade-offs, and irreversible consequences.
  • Training leaders for decision-making under pressure: Why waiting for clarity can be more dangerous than acting on incomplete information.
  • The hidden weakness in traditional crisis simulations: How to introduce complexity and unpredictability into your training.
  • Measuring the effectiveness of your crisis training: Key questions to assess whether your exercises truly prepare teams for real crises.

Key Takeaways

  • Challenge your assumptions about crisis training. Are your exercises giving teams an artificial sense of control?
  • Walk away with practical insights and learn how to design exercises that truly test leadership under uncertainty.
TillyCorless
Updated 13 days ago

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  • TillyCorless's avatar
    TillyCorless
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    The Slido for today's Q&A session is now open!

    Please submit your questions here, and feel free to do so in advance of the session to make sure you walk away with the answer you're looking for.


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    KieranRowley
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Apr 11, 20257:00 AM - 8:00 AM PDT