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Choose the exercising approach that fits your organisation Every organisation needs to exercise, but not every organisation needs the same type of exercise. Some need an accessible way to run their first incident exercise. Others want to exercise more regularly using their own people. Organisations operating in complex or high-consequence environments may need a fully tailored exercise designed around their specific risks, plans and operational dependencies. Answer the five questions below to identify the most appropriate starting point.

1. How much incident exercising experience does your organisation have?

  • Little or none

    You may benefit from a structured, ready-to-deliver exercise that introduces your team to incident exercising without requiring extensive preparation.

    Consider our Quick Start Exercises.

  • Some experience

    You may be ready to exercise more regularly, broaden participation or develop greater internal capability.

    Consider Excyte or a tailored Incident Exercise.

  • Significant experience

    You may require a deeper and more demanding exercise that tests specific risks, plans, dependencies and leadership arrangements.

    Consider our tailored Incident Exercising service.

2. Do you need the exercise to reflect your organisation in detail?

  • No, a credible predefined scenario would meet our needs

    A professionally designed off-the-shelf exercise may provide the right level of challenge without the cost and lead time of bespoke development.

    Consider our Quick Start Exercises.

  • We need some flexibility, but not a fully bespoke exercise

    A structured exercise platform can provide repeatable content while giving your facilitators greater control over delivery.

    Consider Excyte.

  • Yes, it must be built around our organisation

    Where the exercise needs to reflect your actual plans, leadership structures, technology, suppliers, risks and operating environment, a tailored engagement is likely to be more appropriate.

    Consider our tailored Incident Exercising service.

3. Who will deliver your exercises?

  • We want GDAK to deliver the exercise

    GDAK can provide a professionally facilitated Quick Start Exercise or design and deliver a fully tailored engagement.

    The appropriate option will depend on the required depth, complexity and level of customisation.

  • We want our own people to deliver exercises

    Excyte provides a structured environment for internal facilitators to prepare, deliver and review exercises consistently.

    Self-service guidance is available, with full training packages for organisations that want to develop greater internal capability.

  • We want to develop an independent exercising capability

    Excyte can support regular internal delivery, while GDAK's training and capability-development services can help establish the people, methods and governance required to sustain it.

4. How complex is the capability you need to examine?

  • A single team or straightforward response process

    A Quick Start Exercise may provide the right level of challenge and a practical introduction to exercising.

  • Several teams, functions or locations

    Excyte may help you deliver exercises consistently across different groups, particularly where scenarios will be repeated or adapted over time.

  • Senior leadership, technical teams and multiple organisational dependencies

    A fully tailored exercise is likely to provide the realism, coordination and evidence required to examine complex organisational response.

5. What do you need the exercise to achieve?

  • Introduce our people to incident exercising

    Quick Start Exercises

    A clear, accessible and professionally designed route into exercising.

  • Help us exercise more regularly

    Excyte

    A structured platform that supports repeatable internal exercise delivery.

  • Validate specific plans, risks or strategic decisions

    Tailored Incident Exercising

    A bespoke engagement designed around your organisation and the evidence you need.

  • Build a sustainable internal exercising capability

    Excyte and Capability Development

    A combination of platform, guidance, training and specialist support.

Your recommendation

Your likely starting point