02. The Solution
As with the design of all our Operational Readiness programmes, we analyse any new scenarios, no matter how complex, from a risk perspective and exercise against that framework. We developed a series of pandemic exercises – a combination of talkthroughs, walkthroughs, tabletops and simulations – and used these to drill down into known areas of risk related to the overlay of COVID-19 countermeasures. This included stakeholder journeys for athlete and non-athlete groups, potential impacts to sport competition, the exercising of new COVID-19 related C3 structures, their information flows and integration with technology, airport operations, public health authorities, athlete village operations and other exceptional situations.
Ikosaeder offered flexible development to ensure full alignment with and support to the planning process which occurred in parallel. We also played a key role in stakeholder integration – bringing together perspectives from medical, legal, sport, C3 and stakeholder owners to ensure Games organisers were able to align operational planning and spot any gaps or overlaps.
The COVID-19 exercise programme was one component of a four-year programme over the course of which we delivered 85+ exercises involving over 7500 people. Additionally, through coaching and collaboration, we enabled Tokyo 2020 to autonomously deliver 150+ Readiness exercises involving over 10000+ learners.