From plans to shared decision instincts
Not Just Training. Not Just Tabletop Theater. Real Coordinated Decision Making Practice Under Pressure.
You are 20 minutes away from pinpointing where decisions slow down, and what to rehearse first.
Technology is not the stumbling block. It is the decision-making.
Most teams have a plan. Few have practiced the messy parts together.
A first-30-minutes incident kickoff runbook that will help you turn confusion into aligned decisions, disciplined comms, and immediate containment.
Under pressure, decision rights get debated. Handoffs get sloppy. Legal, comms, ops, and security play from different sheets of music
This delay is where risk expands when you need it to shrink.
The SageSims method
A simple plan. Built for real leaders under real pressure.
Pick the incident, disruption, or governance moment where delay, confusion, or mixed messaging would create real damage.
Step 1. Choose the scenario that would cost you the most
Step 2. Run a rehearsal with the leaders who will be in the room
We facilitate a fast, realistic simulation. Decisions are time boxed. Tradeoffs are real. Cross functional friction is the point.
Step 3. Debrief to assign ownership and action
You leave with clear decision rights, tighter handoffs, and an action list with named owners and dates. Then you can rerun the scenario later and show trajectory.
What happens in a session
In the room, as leaders you will:
Decisions Are Made
Time boxed decisions with real tradeoffs
Gain Clarity
Clarify who decides, who advises, and when escalation triggers
Alignment Builds
Align legal, comms, operations, security, and executive leadership around one approach
Communication Evolves
Set a communication posture. cadence, approvals, triggers, board thresholds
Impact Spreads
See second order effects across operational impact, legal exposure, customer trust, and reputational risk
An easy to use template that helps you to make “who decides what” explicit, with required consults, escalation triggers, and time-boxes so teams stop stalling under pressure.
Cross functional by design. The conflict is the point
Consequence driven learning. Second order effects show up
Why decision-readiness simulations work when training and tabletops leave organizations under-prepared
Debrief turns practice into operating changes with owners
Repeatable practice that shows improvement over time
SageSims builds shared instincts.
You’re about to ask your leadership team to invest time in a readiness session. This guide makes that ask easy.
Download this guide and you will have the language, ROI framing, and a simple 90-day rollout you can forward internally to get a fast yes. Fewer debates. Faster alignment. Clear outputs your execs and board will respect.
A simple 90 day rollout
If you want a clear path without boiling the ocean, use this:
Weeks 1 to 2
Pick a scenario that maps to your weak areas, define success, and confirm who must be in the room.
Weeks 3 to 4
Run the rehearsal. Capture where decisions slow down and where handoffs break.
Weeks 5 to 8
Implement the top fixes. Clarify decision rights, escalation triggers, handoff standards, and comms posture.
Weeks 9 to 12
Rehearse again. Show what improved, what still breaks, and what you will fix next.
Common questions and concerns
We already do tabletop exercises.
Good. That is a start. Most tabletops test awareness. SageSims tests decisions, conflict, timing, and ownership.
We do training.
Training builds knowledge. Practice builds behavior under pressure.
We do not have time.
You are already spending the time. You are just spending it during the incident when it is most expensive.
We already have an incident response plan.
Nice work! Together with SageSims you can pressure-test whether your decision rights, approvals, and comms posture actually hold up when the clock is running.
This will make us look unprepared.
Practicing is the strongest signal of maturity. No serious team goes live without rehearsal.
This will turn into a blame session, or make people defensive.
We run it as a no-gotchas rehearsal focused on the system, producing clear ownership and a short, actionable fix list.
Who should be in the room.
The people who will make or block decisions when it is real. Usually an executive sponsor plus security or IT, legal, comms, and operations.
Do we need perfect documentation first.
No. We can work with what you have. The rehearsal shows what matters most to tighten next.
How fast can we do the first one.
If the right leaders can attend, you can run a first rehearsal quickly. Book a Readiness Call and we can lock in a date, time, topic and answer any questions you might have.
Will this turn into a blame session.
No. The goal is clarity and shared instincts. We focus on decisions, handoffs, and rules of engagement.