Leading from the front was published in Winter 2019/2020 edition of stronger, ALARM’s member journal. ALARM is a membership organisation run by members, for members, supporting risk professionals that support our communities and citizens. For more information, please...

Winston Churchill was famous for his unstinting and seemingly inexhaustible resilience throughout WW2.  He is therefore often seen as the epitome of an individual who never wavered in anything he did. In fact, he was known to regularly change or amend plans as...

In our latest video series, Chris Paton talks to Richard Withers, a consultant specialising in Decision Games for the Pharmaceutical Industry. After 11 years of building up his very successful consultancy firm, he sold it and now works as a strategic advisor. Here's...

Few organisations have the processes in place to root out the ‘unknown knowns’. Chris Paton extols the virtues of ‘business wargames’ as a means of getting this invisible enemy into your sights This article was written for and published by Continuity the Business...

Realising and predicting forthcoming event and problems in the running of a business is key to the organisations success. Business wargaming strategists will provide an unprecedented level of security and help with development for the future, allowing for growth and...

Organisations can be so focused on the day-to-day issues, that strategy suffers. Here are the five key things that can trip organisations up. This article was written for and published by Financial Director magazine on 17th October, 2017....

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell is congratulated by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn after addressing the Labour Party annual conference at the Brighton Centre, Brighton. At the Labour party conference this week, Jeremy Corbyn warned about the importance of wargaming the...

With the military heritage to business wargaming, there is a preconception that it is all about competitors and competitive intelligence. It isn’t. Knowing how your strategy is going to affect / be affected by your competitors is clearly vital. However, it is just as...

Why stop planning?  In part, because there are so many permutations and possible futures: Brexit Bill passes, Brexit Bill fails, No Deal Brexit, No Brexit, Confidence Votes, General Elections….. the list goes on.  It is difficult to predict which of these...

Military wargaming for corporates is the new ‘brainstorming’. Here’s why: This article was written by Praseeda Nair and published by Growthbusiness.co.ukon June 1st following an interview we did on business wargaming and why it is gaining traction in the business...