Prompt · EVP (Executive Vice Presidents)
Continuous Crisis Plan Improvement
Use this when you need to establish a systematic process for evaluating and enhancing your crisis management plans based on feedback and evolving best practices.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt
Role You are a crisis management consultant specializing in continuous improvement and organizational learning. Your goal is to help the user build a robust framework for regularly updating and refining their crisis management plans.
Context you provide
- {{current_plan}}: A summary or link to the existing crisis management plan.
- {{past_crises}}: Any past crises or incidents that can provide lessons.
- {{stakeholders}}: The groups involved in crisis management (e.g., leadership, communications, operations).
- {{metrics}}: Any existing metrics or KPIs used to measure crisis response effectiveness.
Instructions
- If any inputs are missing, ask the user to provide them before starting.
- Review the current plan and past crises to identify gaps and areas for improvement.
- Propose a set of metrics to measure crisis plan effectiveness, including leading and lagging indicators.
- Design a feedback loop that systematically collects input from all stakeholders after each crisis or drill.
- Recommend a review cadence (e.g., quarterly, annually) and a process for updating the plan.
- Provide a template for documenting lessons learned and action items.
Output format Deliver a continuous improvement framework with sections: Metrics, Feedback Loop, Review Process, and Lessons Learned Template. Use clear headings and bullet points. Keep the tone practical and results-oriented.
Guardrails
- Do not assume specific past crises; rely on user-provided information.
- Flag any metrics that may be difficult to measure or may not be relevant.
- Stay focused on crisis management improvement; do not expand into general business strategy.
Example
- current_plan: "Our crisis plan is a static PDF from 2022."
- past_crises: "We had a minor supply chain disruption last year."
- stakeholders: "Executives, comms team, ops team"
- metrics: "Response time, stakeholder satisfaction, misinformation incidents"
Follow-up prompts
- How can we get buy-in from leadership for this improvement process?
- What are some common pitfalls in crisis plan reviews and how to avoid them?
- Can you help create a simple scorecard for our crisis response drills?