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World-Class Tabletop Exercises & Simulations 

Designed for boards, executives and operational teams across all industries. Trusted by top financial institutions and leading global enterprises. 

DEEP EXPERTISE

A boutique firm specializing in exercise design

After nearly a decade running a risk-consulting practice called Northly Risk, and working with some of North America’s largest organizations, we saw a clear trend: clients loved our exercises, and wanted more. 

 

So we leaned in. With nearly 20 years of experience designing high-impact exercises, we launched Frontier Risk, a speiaized firm dedicated to delivering world-class exercises and simulations .

Immersive.
Realistic. 
Effective.

CORE SERVICES

Exercises built to fit your team, not the other way around.

From tabletops to advanced simulations and full-scale functional exercises. We deliver every format, fully customized to your needs.

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Tabletop Exercises

Expert-led tabletop exercises focused on your priority scenarios and decisions, powered by advanced facilitation and innovative multimedia to maximize engagement and achieve your desired outcomes.

02

Realistic Simulations

Surprisingly realistic simulations designed to replicate real-life incidents and pressures. We use dynamic injects (e.g. video, actor phone calls, news reports), escalating conditions, and practical hands-on activities to create heightened realism and value. 

03

Advanced Functional Exercises

Extended live simulations that fully replicate a real incident. Participants receive realistic, time-pressured injects (e.g.  emails, live phone calls) and are prompted to act out their roles in real time (e.g. issuing notifications and hosting live calls). This  format delivers deeply practical experience and insights that go far beyond what a tabletop provides.

04

Select Strategic Advisory

Alongside our exercises, we offer select advisory support across operational risk, crisis management, incident management, and business continuity. Having led a generalist risk consulting firm for over a decade, we draw on extensive industry experience to help clients strengthen their programs and address their complex operational risk needs.

KEY FOCUS AREAS

Cross-functional expertise from direct  industry work experience across domains.

  • Business Continuity

  • Crisis Management

  • Incident Management

  • Cyber Security

  • Operational Resilience

  • Health & Safety

  • Corporate Security

  • Emergency Management

  • Crisis Communications

  • Legal and Data/Privacy Breach

  • Enterprise Real Estate

  • Other related domains and disciplines

ABOUT US

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WHY FRONTIER?

Experience you can trust. Results you can rely on.

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This is what we do

Exercises aren’t a side offering. They’re our core business. We specialize exclusively in designing and delivering high-quality exercises that stand out for their realism and impact. It's why nearly all of our clients return for follow-up projects year after year.

02

Grounded in real-world experience

Our team brings direct, hands-on crisis and incident management experience, having personally managed hundreds of real events before launching Frontier Risk. We understand how organizations actually function under pressure, which makes our simulations realistic. We're not armchair experts.

03

Best practice + creative innovation

We’re formally trained in industry-leading exercise frameworks, but it’s our innovation that truly sets us apart. We integrate advanced multimedia, experiential elements, and sophisticated injects to create highly immersive scenarios that far surpass typical sessions. We also bring advanced facilitation techniques (honed through years of leading high-stakes exercises) to ensure every session is engaging, well-paced, and expertly guided.

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TYPICAL AUDIENCES

Experiences tailored for every level.

Board of Directors

Polished, governance-level exercises crafted for experienced directors. Strategic, well-paced, and expertly facilitated to deliver meaningful dialogue and an experience that stands out.

Executives & Leaders

High-impact exercises tailored for executives and leaders. Strategic, fast-paced, and grounded in real-world complexity to deliver focused decision-making and an experience that resonates at the executive level.

Operational Teams

Scenario-based exercises for incident, continuity, crisis, health and safety, and other teams. Engaging, realistic, and expertly facilitated to strengthen coordination and build practical confidence.

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We love to talk exercises. Let's chat!

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