One school of thought in BC says you “plan for the worst and hope for the best”. Sometimes that makes us like “Chicken Little” – we run around warning against the sky falling. That is pretty much what happened with Y2K – often driven by consultants who had not worked in BC before or since. […]
… the need for new skills in BCM
The November/December 2009 issue of the BCI’s “Continuity” magazine has an article entitled “The multi-purpose BCM manager” (by Rick Cudworth and Chris Apps). These gentlemen work in Deloitte’s BC and Resilience practice. This is an interesting article that proposes a new skill set is required for BC Managers who seek to promote resilience rather than […]
… different perspectives on resilience
Since my post a few days back about the vague understanding of the concept of resilience, I have been engaged in an email conversation with one of my colleagues on this subject. This conversation has been interesting as this particular colleague had not really been challenged to describe the concept of resilience and how it might […]
… resilience requires agile leadership
I came across this article amongst all the stuff in my Google Reader – Agility – The Skill You Want to Develop in 2010. I have not read a lot that caught my attention from this blog in the past. But there are a couple of things from this article I think are relevant. The Centre […]
… heritage or legacy BC?
I find myself using the term “traditional” Business Continuity often. But is really doesn’t convey the meaning I intend. So which term should we use Legacy BC or Heritage BC? Yesterday Jan Husdal posted a comment on my “… the meaning of resilience is vague“. He made the observation that there is really little difference between resilience […]