The Defuse Podcast: Where Experts Defuse Real Threats
🔊 The Defuse Podcast: Personal Threat Management for High-Risk Lives
When the threats are real, the stakes are high — so what actually works?"
Hosted by Philip Grindell — former Scotland Yard detective, behavioural threat specialist, and author of Personal Threat Management — this podcast lifts the lid on the proven methods used to keep prominent individuals, executives, and private clients safer.
Each episode features straight-talking conversations with trusted experts on:
Stalking, fixated individuals, and insider threats
Protective intelligence and behavioural profiling
Reputation management and media exposure
Doxxing, OSINT, and digital vulnerability
Crisis leadership and executive resilience under pressure
Whether you're in security, lead a family office, or are responsible for protecting people at risk, you'll get honest, practical insights into what actually works when lives and reputations are on the line.
No theory. No fluff. Just proven ways to defuse real threats.
Subscribe now and learn how to manage threats before they become crises.
The Defuse Podcast: Where Experts Defuse Real Threats
Crisis Communication with Giles Kenningham MBE
Giles Kenningham is an expert in crisis communication. A former journalist who honed his skills at the sharp end of politics as the strategic advisor to Prime Minister David Cameron shares his thoughts on the relevant issues. In this podcast, we look back at his time in politics, and the Covid pandemic. We then discuss how his consultancy, Trafalgar Strategy, advises their clients, understanding the traps and opportunities, guiding them away from a crisis or helping them avoid one in the first place.
Some of the key questions Giles answers include.
What do you do in a crisis?
How do you respond?
Can you get ahead of the game and pre-empt a crisis?
What impact does Social Media have and how do you use it for positive effect?
How do you manage fake news?
Giles Kenningham MBE is a former Head of Press at Number 10 Downing Street and spokesman to the Prime Minister. He was the Director of Communications for the Conservative Party’s general election win in 2015 leading a team of 40 people. Prior to this he was a special adviser/ press secretary to the Secretary of State for Communities, Local Government and Housing.
He started his career as a journalist in national radio reporting on business and consumer issues for a variety of stations including Classic and Magic FM. He is a former ITV News producer having worked for 3 years on their three main flagship programmes.
Few people entering the sector have his level of experience and insight of dealing with every crisis imaginable. From political scandals to sex scandals, to privacy issues, he has dealt day in day out for 6 years with the issues that have led the TV news bulletins and dominated the newspaper front pages.
Giles regularly appears as a political and media commentator on BBC, Sky & CNN. He also writes for various national publications including the Times and Spectator.
Contact Information: gkenningham@trafalgar-strategy.co.uk
https://www.trafalgar-strategy.co.uk/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/giles-kenningham-mbe-96515a2/
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