When designing a Hostile Environment Training Course, it’s important to clarify, first, what is meant by a “hostile environment.” A hostile environment can refer to a variety of situations, including workplace harassment, discrimination, and bullying. It can also refer to situations where individuals may face physical threats or danger, such Read more…
More and more, we are seeing the need for agility in the marketplace. Safety, Security and Risk Management departments need to focus on flexibility, creativity and speed to stay relevant, and this means a convergence of cyber, physical, travel, crisis management and other related capabilities. To help, Marshal converges all Read more…
Safety, Security & Risk Management can no longer be siloed, with “traditional” divisions between physical, cyber / IT & communications, intelligence, technology, and logistics. These disciplines must be organised together to enhance and support each other’s capabilities in order to secure and safeguard your personnel, physical, and digital assets. Security Read more…
Andy Thompson speaks with Paul Barker, founder of Vigilance Consulting and a certified operational resilience and risk professional with more than 20 years leadership experience across education, leisure, hospitality and predominantly financial services sectors, including capital markets, private equity, banking, asset management & treasury sectors. He specialises in providing operational Read more…
Andy Thompson talks with Chris Goodwin-Hudson, Founding Partner and Director of Watchman, about training in Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights born from extensive international experience of working in highly challenging environments alongside large multinational projects that impact on local community’s wellbeing and way of life. How do you Read more…
Andy Thompson talks with James Ross, Co-Founder and Director of Nomad Risk, who provide risk management strategies for organisations working in remote, austere, and extreme environments across the globe, including Media and TV Production companies. What is the backstory of Nomad Risk? My business partner, Trevor Smith, and I met Read more…
Andy Thompson talks with Chris Lawton, Founder of Silk Road Training, who provide online, 360 degree and physically immersive courses that make life-saving hostile environment skills accessible to all. Training through Virtual Reality Technology What was the genesis of Silk Road Training? Grant Wootton, my co-founder, and I have been Read more…
The Safety, Security & Risk Management sector is largely characterised by a “contingent workforce”: diverse, niche expertise, often sourced and mobilised quickly for short term projects and contracts. Risk Analysts – Close Protection Officers – Paramedics – Crisis & Disaster Management Consultants – EOD/C-IED Search – Cyber Security Experts – Read more…
Andy Thompson talks with Simon Mallin, a freelance Consultant Canine Trainer, highly experienced in patrol, explosive search, narcotic detection, anti-poaching, and medical alert training courses for dogs and their handlers, working with public and private clients, nationally and internationally. What is the background to your career in Search Dog Training? Read more…
Andy Thompson talks with Carolyn Pearson, Founder & CEO of Maiden Voyage, a Travel Community and Risk Awareness Training provider that focuses on “Making Business Travel Safe in a Diverse World”, through gender-specific and minority groups solutions. What is the origin of Maiden Voyage? I was happily working in technology Read more…