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The BioLife Wicked Problems LiveCase creates a lively scenario in which to explore, examine and reflect on leadership and group dynamics under pressure.

This case consists of three critical decisions. Each decision presents the reader with highly unexpected circumstances, little time to decide, and extreme pressure. The decisions are based on real stories in which the business and the personal world collided. One such story is that of Frédéric Pierucci, a former Alstom executive who spent two years in a high security prison in the United States. Despite serious accusations of corruption, he maintains his innocence. Rather than attempting to find the truth of who is right and who is wrong, the case aims to inspect high stakes situations such as Mr. Pierucci’s arrest from different perspectives. What would you do?

90 min

Crisis Management can't be taught - but it can be learned. The Plymouth Corp LiveCase offers students a simulated crisis to which they must react and respond.

What participants learn: 1) Experience navigating uncertainty in a fast-changing situation. 2) Understand emotional responses and reflexes in crisis. 3) Practice quick decision-making under pressure. 3) Explore setting priorities and defining a crisis response strategy. 4) Exercise media and stakeholder communication skills. 5) Test media spokesperson skills in a simulated interview. 6) Reflect on crisis preparedness: preparing for the unknown.

180 min

The sustainability task force confronts a critical situation at Zing's plant in San Isidro, Mexico, balancing production expansion with water scarcity issues and managing a high-stakes public relations crisis.

240 min