It happened last year. We had just briefed our new client on the range of policy issues worthy of consideration in a Pandemic Plan. The taskforce leader leaned back in her chair, looked up at [...]

Up to now, a majority of the discussion around business continuity focused on the expense of downtime to organizations. Numerous studies have indicated the cost per hour of downtime- ranging from simple network outages to [...]

Your business continuity framework is in place. Congratulations! You religiously update your calling tree information every quarter. Good job! You meet with stakeholders once every six months to review their plan input. Fantastic! You conduct [...]

Anyone new to the world of business continuity might be excused for being totally confused about what they need to know and how they might acquire that knowledge. Certainly there is no shortage of organizations [...]

With the scope, type and frequency of crisis events expanding at an exponential rate, most organizations recognize the need to take a more holistic approach to crisis survival, integrating many elements into a viable continuity [...]

There has always been the potential for an outbreak of a communicable disease affecting a large population, but the likelihood increases when considering that such an epidemic can be triggered intentionally by terrorists. Whether natural [...]

Human behavior during any type of emergency is the critical factor in determining the ultimate success or failure of an emergency response. During an actual emergency in the workplace, employees will either be part of [...]

As a psychologist who has devoted his career to helping companies cope with the effects of natural disasters, organizational crises, industrial accidents and workplace violence, I am sometimes introduced as the expert who consults on [...]