Gray zone attacks: the crisis your comms plan was never built for.

A guide to the ambiguous, deniable attacks now hitting critical infrastructure, contractors and private citizens worldwide — and what that means for your comms plan.

When AI hacks AI: inside the disclosure that turned a breach into a safety story

A case study in attribution timing, third-party validation, and the vocabulary gap crisis teams don't have yet for agentic AI incidents.

The best crisis guidance in existence can't actually certify you.

A clause-by-clause reading of ISO 22361, 22301 and 31000 finds the standard with the deepest crisis communication guidance is also the one nobody can be audited against — and none of the three has a plan for infodemics or AI.

Overturn This: what FIFA's Balogun mess teaches communicators.

A reversed red card, a presidential phone call, and Iran's viral Lego propaganda are all running the same geopolitical script—and every one of them is a lesson for anyone managing a technical or disciplinary process.

Three ways AI starts a crisis — and only one of them involves AI failing

IBM's Calculus of AI Sovereignty study puts numbers on a crisis type your response plans probably don't cover.

Polycrisis – You can't stop the shock. You can stop the spread.

What power-grid engineers know about containing a crisis before it spreads.

22 crisis case studies, three frameworks, one wiki

I built a public wiki for crisis communication. Here's why, and how you can add to it.

The wall that runs your crisis response when no one else can.

How a Japanese city replaced a 100-page manual with 27 cards — and what I built next.

The SAFE AI framework

Your AI system fails tomorrow. What do you say? The humanitarian sector just published the governance framework the private sector should have built first.

The risks hurting organisations most aren't on their risk registers.

What 12 global risk reports actually found and what it means for crisis communicators.

EU compliance is now inside your crisis plan. Here's where.

AI labelling obligations, 24-hour incident windows, four-hour notifications – and the one exemption most practitioners miss.

The drone communication plan you don't have.

The first-hour problem no drone incident plan prepares you for.

"The Dude Abides": What crisis communication can learn from a man in a bathrobe

Why the best crisis response often looks like doing less, but better

Humour, Lego, and "AI Slop": What Wartime Memes Mean for Crisis and Risk Communicators

Wartime memes — from Iranian Lego propaganda videos to Israeli TikTok satire — are reshaping how the public understands conflict in 2025 and 2026. This article explains what crisis, risk, and emergency communication professionals need to know about humour as a strategic communication tool and how to respond when your message competes with a joke.

Your CEO Has a Crisis Plan. That's the Problem.

Most C-suite executives believe preparedness is a document. Research says it's a capability. There is a significant difference – and a measurable cost.

The Stargate Polycrisis: What the Iran Threat to OpenAI's Abu Dhabi Data Centre Reveals About Crisis Communication in 2026

When Iran threatened OpenAI's $30 billion Stargate data centre in Abu Dhabi in April 2026, it didn't trigger one crisis — it triggered five, running simultaneously, with no single organisation positioned to manage all of them. Crisis communication specialist Philippe Borremans analyses what the Stargate polycrisis reveals about the gaps most organisations haven't closed yet.

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Is Your Crisis Plan Built for a World That No Longer Exists?

Three major 2026 risk assessments — from Control Risks, the Global Challenges Foundation, and the US Intelligence Community — converge on a single warning for crisis communicators: the conditions for simultaneous, cascading crises are now structurally in place. Most crisis plans are not.

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.