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Proactive Resilience: Moving Beyond Recovery to Capability
Why This Matters Resilience professionals are often asked, “Can we recover?”. But the better question is, “Can we continue?” This article is written for continuity and resilience leaders who want a practical way to [...]
The Emperor’s New Clothes: Organizational Resilience and BCM Revisited
When I wrote this article in 2019, I was searching for clarity. Like many of my peers, I was excited by the promise of "Organizational Resilience" but frustrated by the lack of substance behind [...]
Weather Whiplash: A Rising Challenge for Resilience Professionals
Climate change is no longer a distant threat; it is a present-day reality. The world has witnessed record-breaking heatwaves, intense storms, and unprecedented flooding—all within short timeframes. These rapid transitions, known as weather whiplash, [...]
Regarding the Business Impact Analysis
The subject of the BIA has come up a lot in recent months. And, whenever it does, I find myself repeating the same arguments over and over again. So, in the interest of [...]
Understanding Adaptive Business Continuity: Prioritization
There is nothing within the Adaptive Business Continuity Principles which requires the definition of priorities or objectives for recovery. This does not mean that work within the Adaptive world cannot be prioritized in some [...]
Understanding Adaptive Business Continuity: Improvement
Adaptive Business Continuity is an approach for continuously improving an organization’s continuity capabilities. The Adaptive Business Continuity Manifesto describes this approach. The heart of Adaptive Business Continuity is the improvement of capabilities. It starts [...]
Understanding Adaptive Business Continuity: Measuring Capabilities
When David and I first discussed Adaptive, we both agreed that it should be flexible and evolving. We have always avoided defining specific tasks and deliverables. This has presented a challenge from the beginning [...]
Understanding Adaptive Business Continuity: Capability
If the greatest recoveries in our collective history occurred because of human will and ingenuity, why would we seek to take that away? There are many examples of unquestionably effective responses to crisis events: [...]
Understanding Adaptive Business Continuity: Principles over Methods
Adaptive Business Continuity is challenging. I know this from personal experience. But, by choosing to fully embrace it and working through the struggles of abandoning all my old notions, I’ve come to a place [...]
(Re)introducing Adaptive Business Continuity With New Perspectives
At any point have you questioned traditional best practices in business continuity (BC)? Do you seem to concentrate on documentation rather than preparedness? Compliance rather than recoverability? Do your efforts provide true business value? [...]