Crisis Management Simulation Exercises
What We Deliver
Escalate Consulting facilitates high-impact crisis simulations designed to:
- Replicate your operating environment, organisational structure and industry context
- Challenge participants through real-time injects, conflicting information, and simulated media pressure
- Test both the technical and human sides of response decision-making, escalation, and communication
- Validate the rhythm of meetings, use of strategic tools, and integration with existing crisis plans
We support both standalone simulations and those integrated into training or exercises for Board, Executive, or Crisis Management Teams (CMTs).
Types of Crisis Simulations
We tailor the exercise format to your maturity, audience, and objectives:
CMT Tabletop Simulations
Facilitated sessions that test team response to a developing crisis aligned with your Crisis Management Plan, structure, and risk profile.
Live Inject Simulations
Simulated real-time scenarios with message injects, external media pressure, social media simulation, stakeholder challenges, and evolving complexity.
Integrated Simulations
Joint exercises between Crisis Management, Communications, Business Continuity, IT Disaster Recovery and Emergency Management teams focused on escalation and interface points.
Board-Level Strategy Simulations
Tabletop exercises designed for the Board or Executive Committee to test oversight, high-level strategy, and alignment with crisis leadership expectations.
Built on ISO 22361 Principles
Our simulations embed best practice including:
- Strategic Decision-Making Under Pressure
Participants assess information, evaluate consequences, and make decisions based on organisational values, reputation and strategic objectives. - Crisis Meeting Rhythm & Agendas
Teams follow structured meeting formats with defined situational updates, decision points, and action tracking. - Information Management & Situational Awareness
Scenarios reflect complexity, ambiguity and incomplete data testing how teams absorb and respond to evolving intelligence. - Stakeholder Impact & Communication Alignment
Simulations include internal and external stakeholder pressure from media, regulators, customers or partners.
Why Escalate Consulting?
- Leaders in Simulation Design – We’ve delivered crisis simulations across government, finance, utilities, education, health and more
- Real-World Relevance – Designed by crisis professionals with lived experience
- ISO 22361-Aligned – Our exercises reflect global best practice for crisis capability
- Tailored & Immersive – No generic scenarios. We write and deliver simulations specific to your risk profile and structure
- End-to-End Support – From scoping through to reporting, we take care of everything
