Some may have noticed that the blog was unavailable the past week or so – there is also a good chance that nobody noticed given the low level of output over recent months.
There was a time, a year or so back, when I would have treated that issue as a top priority and leaped into recovery mode. But the relative priority of things change over time.
Anyway, the blog is back up and running and as compensation for being out of action I gave it a facelift, hopefully people like the new presentation.
There are a couple if lessons in this for those who are engaged in the practice of Business Continuity.
What we assume will be top priority to recover may change. The top priority can change over time, it may even change on the day we face a disruption – even depending on the nature of the disruption.
- We need to have regular review of our priorities, and these reviews need to include different perspectives (disciples and levels) within the organisation.
- When we face a disruption, it is not enough to robotically enact previously defined plans, first get Executive endorsement of what is critical – that may be informed by prior BIA, or it may not.
Second, it is not enough to think and plan for recovery of things the way we used to do them. Our planning needs to address the opportunity in any disruption.
- How can we re-make our organisation so that it is better after a disruption.
- Do we have a specific team in our response structure that is tasked to address this issue? This may actually be one of the best times to enact change.
Looking at threat as an opportunity is the core of my presentation at BCI World Conference in London this November.
Is anybody attending? Would love to meet a reader in the flesh.
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