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On this episode of the Presilience Podcast, the panel unpacks some of the early lessons that Australia can take from the horrific tragedy in Uvalde.    The panel consists of:  Leanne Close - Former Deputy Commission Australian Federal Police, 30 year law enforcement veteran  Jason Alcorn - Former specialist police offer, enterprise security expert  Dr Gav Schneider - Global security thought leader, creator of Presilience® Joe Saunders - Workplace violence expert, 2021 Outstanding Security Consultant of the Year   As much as this is an incredibly painful topic to talk about, it is imperative that we learn any lesson available to ensure this never happens on our soil (or anywhere else to the best of our ability).   Risk 2 Solution have made our Active Armed Offender Management Training free for the month of June. You can access it here: https://www.r2s.academy/courses/aaomt

In this episode of the Presilience Podcast, I'm joined once again by Dave Cohen - General Manager of the Cyber-Tech Institute of Australia. We chat about upskilling and reskilling employees into cyber security roles and why businesses shouldn't be waiting until cyber security obligations become mandatory. For more information about CTIA check out https://cyber-tech.institute/ For more information about Presilience, visit Presilience®

In this episode, Risk 2 Solution General Manager of Training & Education, Ron Amram, provides his thoughts on how we can do workplace training and education better. He also talks at length about the messaging and narrative around mandatory training and professional development.   For more information, please visit www.risk2solution.com or www.presilience.edu.au

In this episode we are joined by a panel of experts discussing the national security, business and cyber implications of the war between Russia and the Ukraine for Australians.  The guests are:   Dr Gav Schneider - Group CEO Risk 2 Solution Group and Regional Chair for Institute of Strategic Risk Management (ANZ)  Leanne Close - Chief Executive Government & Strategy at Risk 2 Solution Group and former Deputy Commission National Security at Australian Federal Police; and  Dave Cohen - General Manager of the Cyber-Tech Institute of Australia   The panel is moderated by Joe Saunders, host of the Presilience Podcast and 2021 Outstanding Security Consultant of the Year.   Links for more information:  Risk 2 Solution: www.risk2solution.com  Institute of Presilience: www.presilience.edu.au   CTIA: www.cyber-tech.institute  Institute of Strategic Risk Management (ANZ): www.isrm.org.au   ISRM Global: www.theisrm.org

In this episode we are joined by cyber security expert, Sean Finn. If you're interested in learning more about the CTIA, you can find out more here: Your Career In Tech Starts Now - Cyber-Tech Institute of Australia (CTIA) To attend the launch event on December 7, full details are here: Official Launch of CTIA (Hybrid) - Cyber-Tech Institute of Australia (CTIA)

Leanne Close was the head of ASPI’s counter-terrorism program in 2020. Prior to joining ASPI, Leanne was a Deputy Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (AFP), with over 33 years policing and law enforcement experience. From 2017 – 2019, Leanne was responsible for the AFPs National Security portfolio. As part of that role she led and managed teams responsible for counter-terrorism investigations, protection and aviation operations. Leanne provided policy advice to Ministers and government and collaborated with Commonwealth, State and Territory agencies in relation to the development of key strategies for dealing with national security matters. She was also the AFP representative at the Australia / New Zealand Counter-Terrorism Committee. In 2016, Leanne completed a 12-month secondment at the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department as Deputy Secretary Criminal Justice Group. In this role she was responsible for the strategic leadership and management of criminal justice matters on behalf of the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice. Specifically, Leanne led teams managing: criminal law policy and legislation development; Australian treaty negotiations; extradition and mutual assistance requests; anti-corruption policy; negotiation for international transfers of prisoners; national firearms policy, including successful re-negotiation of the National Firearms Agreement; and, international engagement with justice sectors in South-East Asia, the Pacific and Papua New-Guinea. From 2015-2019, Leanne was the permanent Co-Chair of the Asia-Pacific Group (APG) on Money Laundering. The APG is the largest Financial Action Taskforce in the world today, comprising 41-member states. It is a regional multi-lateral organisation, with the strategic mission to combat money laundering and terrorism financing. Commencing her policing career in 1986, Leanne has investigated, and led teams involved in, a variety of areas including financial crimes and narcotic importation in Sydney and community policing within the Australian Capital Territory. Other senior leadership roles held by Leanne in the AFP included Deputy Commissioner Operations and Assistant Commissioner for Protection, Aviation Operations, Human Resources, Professional Standards and Learning and Development. While working at the Australian Federal Police College, Leanne developed and introduced mechanisms and structures for the AFP College to become a Registered Training Organisation, thereby allowing the organisation to grant nationally recognised qualifications, including the inaugural Diploma of Policing and Certificate IV in Investigations. Leanne was awarded with the Australian Police Medal in 2005. Her qualifications include a Master of Education Leadership from the University of Canberra and two Graduate Certificates in Professional Development Education (University of Canberra) and Applied Management (Australian Institute of Police Management).

Tony McGuirk has had an exemplary career in Emergency Management leadership in the UK, as both Chief Executive and Chief Fire Officer, with over 40 years’ experience in emergency and public-sector organisations. He has managed major incidents including multiple rescues, large scale pollution incidents, major evacuations, and major floods. He has a Masters Degree in Human Resource Management, he is Fellow of the Institution of Fire Engineers, a Fellow of the International Institute of Risk and Safety management, and a Graduate of the Harvard Business School. Alongside consultancy work, he is the Director of Hazmat & Specialised Support for the New South Wales EPA.

A former television news reporter and Washington D.C. correspondent, Andrea covered major news events for Al Jazeera English, the Pentagon Channel and Thomson Reuters before working on humanitarian aid programs to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan. With an obsession for growing careers, Andrea founded FutureFitCo in 2012. She is the author of the newly released book: 'Future Fit: How to Stay Relevant and Competitive in the Future of Work'.

Robin is a best-selling author, professional speaker, trainer, facilitator, and retired FBI Special Agent and Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program. Robin has taken his life's work of recruiting spies and broken down the art of leadership, communication, and relationship building into Five Steps to TRUST and Six Signs of who you can TRUST.  Since 2010, Robin has been working with large corporations as well as small companies in every aspect of their business. Whether it is newly promoted leaders, executives, sales teams, or customer relations, Robin has crafted his consultancy, People Formula, for quick results and maximum success.   He is the author of three books:  It's Not All About "Me": The Top Ten Techniques for Building Quick Rapport with Anyone    Sizing People Up: A Veteran FBI Agent's User Manual for Behavior Prediction    The Code of Trust: An American Counterintelligence Expert's Five Rules to Lead and Succeed    In this episode, Robin gives his best tips for building trust in an organisation or team.  Get 25% off all of Robin's online products at www.peopleformula.com and enter the coupon code presilience25

Lance Hockridge is a globally experienced manufacturing, logistics and transportation executive.   He has nearly 40 years’ experience in the transportation and heavy industrial sectors in Australia and the United States with BHP Billiton, BlueScope Steel and Aurizon. Lance retired as Managing Director & CEO of Aurizon in November, 2016 after he successfully lead the privatisation of Aurizon and separation from Queensland Rail.   Lance was a member of the Business Council of Australia. He was a private sector member of the Australian Government’s Department of Defence Gender Equality Advisory Board and is a founding member of Queensland’s “Male Champions of Change” group. He was Deputy Chairman of the Queensland Government Domestic and Family Violence Implementation Council.  Lance was the first Australian to be awarded the prestigious UN Empowerment Award in March 2016.   He is also the Chairman of The Salvation Army’s Queensland Advisory Council.  In this interview, Lance shares with us his take on risk-based decision making, leadership, culture and getting the most out of people even in times of stress.

Founder and CEO of the Crisis Ready Institute, creator of the Crisis Ready Model, and author of "Crisis Ready: Building an Invincible Brand in an Uncertain World", Melissa Agnes is a recognized leading authority on crisis preparedness, reputation management, and brand protection. Agnes is a coveted speaker, commentator, and advisor to some of today's leading organizations faced with the greatest risks.   As a strategic advisor and keynote speaker, Melissa Agnes has worked with NATO, Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense, financial firms, technology companies, healthcare organizations, cities and municipalities, law enforcement agencies, global non-profits, and many others, helping them understand risk and build invincible brands that can withstand even the most devastating of events.   A university guest lecturer, Agnes teaches crisis management in university courses around the world, including at NYU, Columbia and McGill. Her book and Crisis ReadyTM Model are globally recognized as having elevated industry best practice and are currently taught in dozens of higher education courses around the world, including at Harvard University and by Homeland Security.   Agnes currently sits on the panel tasked with developing the International Standard for Crisis Management— Guidelines for developing a strategic capability, ISO 22361. She also sits on the Police Professional Standards, Ethics and Image Committee for the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP); and on the Global Advisory Council for The Institute for Strategic Risk Management (ISRM), an entity established to help world leaders understand, evaluate and strategically prepare for rising global risks.   In 2015, Agnes gave a TEDx talk in Los Angeles where she discussed the secret to successful crisis management in the 21st century. She is also the editor of the Crisis Ready Blog, the host of the Invincible Brand Podcast, a contributor to Forbes, and a go-to source for the press, with recent coverage including the Wall Street Journal, Vox, VIBE Magazine, USA Today, and many others.

Dr David Rubens DSyRM, CSyP, FSyI is MD of Deltar Training Services Ltd. He holds a Doctorate in Security & Risk Management from the University of Portsmouth, UK, writing his thesis on strategic management and critical decision-making in hyper-complex crisis environments. The thesis developed models of strategic management at the extremes of organisational complexity, looking at issues of capability development, decision-making and multi-agency interoperability in highly unstable situations such as natural disasters, corporate failures and government-level crisis management scenarios.   He is currently an associate lecturer at University of Portsmouth and a visiting lecturer on the MA in International Security Management at University of Berlin, Germany. Dr Rubens has written government-level research papers and reports on all aspects of security management, from national-level security sector restructuring, through to post-disaster analysis for government agencies in Japan, Russia, Dubai, Nigeria, Liberia and the UK.   David currently runs certificated training programmes for strategic risk and crisis management around the world.   For more information or to join the ISRM, visit www.theisrm.org