Publisher's Note: Business continuity veteran Charlie Maclean-Bristol looks at what operational resilience really means and how it compares with business continuity. What do you think? This week a couple of things have come together to [...]
Continuity and Resilience- two words that could track to the same destination albeit, varied in arrival time. According to Merriam-Webster, the definition for Continuity is: uninterrupted connection, succession, or union. Using this same resource, the [...]
Business resilience is an organizational imperative, not just to safeguard the enterprise, but its resulting cause and effect on employees, customers, shareholders, partners, reputation, public/private partners, regulatory bodies, and many other entities. Continuity Insights’ [...]
Peter Hobbs & Peter Power have teamed up to design and deliver a series of workshops under The Agile Leadership Series banner. Their aim is to offer practical guidance to organizations and individuals who recognize [...]
Publishers' Note: We have had the good fortune to cross paths with author and keynote speaker Peter Power many times, over more decades than we want to admit, at disaster recovery, business continuity and resilience [...]
In her PrepTalk, Dr. Carolyn Kousky demonstrates the essential role of insurance in disaster recovery. She explains why not enough people have insurance coverage and offers suggestions for how the public and private sectors can [...]
In his PrepTalk, Dr. Jarrod Goentzel demonstrates how the private sector has far more capacity to respond to emergencies than the public sector, explains the role of emergency managers in supporting private sector supply chain [...]
In his PrepTalk, James Gore focuses on lessons in leadership and collaboration from the 2017 Tubbs Fire response and recovery. He issues a wake-up call to elected representatives, government officials, and everyone who will listen, [...]
In their PrepTalk, The Big One podcast team shares why they developed “The Big One: Your Survival Guide” and how storytelling can help compel people to take action and prepare for disasters. The Big One [...]
In his PrepTalk, Jan Peelen tells the story of the Netherland’s historic battle with flooding and shares how the Dutch are learning to live with water. Peelen explains that understanding how a community uses and [...]
Introduction When you go about designing the perfect exercise, there is a lot more going on “behind the scenes” than just finding a great narrative. In fact, the narrative is often the last thing I [...]
Introduction to BCP and DR Being able to respond (i.e. continue critical business processes) during a major disaster and recover normal operations efficiently afterwards is a critical success factor for all organizations. An effective business [...]