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Is Your Organisation Actually Ready for a Polycrisis? A New Assessment Tool for Communication Leaders

The Polycrisis Communication Readiness Assessment is a structured self-evaluation tool for senior communication leaders, measuring capability across five strategic dimensions — from crisis governance to board-level influence — to identify genuine gaps before a polycrisis arrives.

Your Mis- and Disinformation Triage Framework Is Broken. Here's How to Fix It.

Most mis- and disinformation triage frameworks start with the wrong question. Crisis and emergency communication specialist Philippe Borremans explains why audience-centred analysis — not content analysis — is the only reliable foundation for effective response decisions.

Crisis Communication Is Now a Certified Requirement

GRS 1001-RN:2026 is out. And for the first time, we have a seat at the table by default

Long read: What AI, sacred cows, and the next generation have in common.

About AI, Intelligence vs. judgement — and why the next generation of crisis communicators might be the strongest yet.

When the War Is Everywhere at Once

When financial instruments become weapons, prayer apps become psychological operations platforms, and misinformation spreads faster than your approval process, crisis communicators need a fundamentally different intelligence model — as the 2026 Middle East conflict has made brutally clear.

Can Emergency Managers Trust AI-Generated Crisis Messages? Research Meets Reality

The Homemade Crisis Room Is Here: How Free OSINT Tools Are Changing Situational Awareness for Good

Free, open-source situational awareness platforms now give crisis and risk professionals access to real-time global intelligence that once required six-figure enterprise contracts — and the governance gap this creates is the new professional frontier.

What Is Narrative Intelligence, and Why 45% of CCOs Will Adopt It by 2029?

Gartner's Top Predictions to Inform 2026 Comms Strategies forecasts that 45% of Chief Communications Officers will adopt narrative intelligence technologies by 2029 — yet only 14% plan to invest in the next 18 months. Here's what that gap means for your crisis communication strategy.

Why AI Crisis Communication Simulations Are Teaching You the Wrong Lessons

AI can accelerate crisis communication preparation — but current simulation tools miss the adversarial dynamics that make real crises dangerous. Here's what experienced practitioners need to understand, and what better design looks like.

Storm Kristin: When National Crisis Communication Excellence Meets the Last-Mile Problem

A Crisis Communicator's Field Notes from Six Days Without Power