The Business Emergency Room Podcast

Welcome to "The Business Emergency Room at The Chaos Games," your ultimate guide to navigating and resolving organizational crises. Hosted by Maartje van Krieken, a leading first responder in business turmoil, this podcast offers immediate insights and ready-to-deploy solutions addressing the most c...

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Feb. 25, 2026

Deepfakes, Ransomware, and Rogue Bots: Is Your Crisis Plan Ready?

When a deepfake CEO can move $25 million before you finish your coffee, crisis leadership becomes a race against machine speed. That is the reality Maartje van Krieken and crisis communication strategist Ann Marie van den Hur...

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Feb. 18, 2026

Bee Wise: Leadership, Seasons & Signals from the Busy Hive w Philip Atkinson

A beehive may hold the clearest blueprint for how leaders can sense disruption early, close cycles cleanly, and move an entire organization as one. In this conversation, Maartje sits down with Philip Atkinson, beekeeper, lead...

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Feb. 11, 2026

The Reality Check - 7 Signs You're Operating in a Fantasy (And How To Fix Misalignment Fast)

Most businesses don’t lose value because of one bad decision. They lose it slowly, while everything still looks fine on paper. This episode delivers a clear reality check on how business valuation quietly erodes when leaders ...

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Feb. 4, 2026

Silence Is Not Neutral: Why Avoided Conversations Cost Your Business

The conversations leaders avoid are the fastest way to lose trust, stall performance, and weaken credibility. In this episode, Maartje van Krieken speaks with executive coach Emma Collyer to explain why leaders hesitate to sa...

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Jan. 28, 2026

Making Elephants Run: Reinventing Every Business at the Speed of AI

The real risk of AI is not the technology itself, but what happens when leaders hold on to identities built for a slower world. This episode of Business Emergency Room explores why reinvention has replaced transformation as t...

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Jan. 21, 2026

“I Thought You Meant…”: The Hidden Assumptions Breaking Your Business

The most expensive failures in business rarely come from bad strategy and instead come from assumptions no one ever said out loud. Maartje van Krieken looks at how unspoken assumptions quietly undermine decision making, weake...

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Jan. 14, 2026

Hero Ball or Healthy Systems? The Truth About Supply Chain Resilience

This conversation on The Business Emergency Room looks at why supply chain resilience often decides whether a company absorbs disruption or stays stuck in recovery mode. Maartje van Krieken and Brent Hagan unpack how dashboar...

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The Business Emergency Room Podcast

Recent Episodes

Deepfakes, Ransomware, and Rogue Bots: Is Your Crisis Plan Ready?

Bee Wise: Leadership, Seasons & Signals from the Busy Hive w Philip Atkinson

The Reality Check - 7 Signs You're Operating in a Fantasy (And How To Fix Misalignment Fast)

Silence Is Not Neutral: Why Avoided Conversations Cost Your Business

Making Elephants Run: Reinventing Every Business at the Speed of AI

“I Thought You Meant…”: The Hidden Assumptions Breaking Your Business

Hero Ball or Healthy Systems? The Truth About Supply Chain Resilience

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